Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 6 Estimation of damages to buildings in specific populated areas: a comparison between three datasets

From: A method for evaluating population and infrastructure exposed to natural hazards: tests and results for two recent Tonga tsunamis

Location	No. of buildings			Coefficient c
Location	Damaged bd^a	In the populated area bpa^b	In the village bv^c	Coefficient c
Tungua	11	82	83	0.01
Fonoifua	30	30	30	1
‘Atata	72	89	104	0.47
‘Ohonua	48	118	500	0.85
Ta’anga	6	6	95	1
Futu	1	7	99	0.94
Mango	26	26	26	1
Nomuka1	61	184	249	0.41
Nomuka2	4	4	249	1

^aFrom UNOSAT Maps (2022); ^bthis study; ^cfrom TSD (2019)

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