Susan E. Hough
Susan Hough is a scientist in the Earthquake Science Center.
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Rupture scenarios for the 3 June 1770 Haiti earthquake Rupture scenarios for the 3 June 1770 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 M 7.0 Haiti earthquake provided the impetus to reconsider historical earthquakes in Hispaniola (Bakun et al., 2012). That earthquake also shed new light on complex fault systems along Haiti’s southern peninsula (Douilly et al., 2013; Saint Fleur et al., 2015). Recently, the 2021 M 7.2 Nippes earthquake (Calais et al., 2022; Douilly et al., 2022), and a recent study reconsidering...
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Susan E. Hough, Stacey S. Martin, Steeve Symithe, Richard W. Briggs
On the documentation, independence, and stability of widely used seismological data products On the documentation, independence, and stability of widely used seismological data products
Earthquake scientists have traditionally relied on relatively small data sets recorded on small numbers of instruments. With advances in both instrumentation and computational resources, the big-data era, including an established norm of open data-sharing, allows seismologists to explore important issues using data volumes that would have been unimaginable in earlier decades. Alongside...
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Boris Rosler, Seth Stein, Susan E. Hough
A study on the effect of site response on California seismic hazard map assessment A study on the effect of site response on California seismic hazard map assessment
Prior studies have repeatedly shown that probabilistic seismic hazard maps from several different countries predict higher shaking than that observed. Previous map assessments have not, however, considered the influence of site response on hazard. Seismologists have long acknowledged the influence of near-surface geology, in particular low-impedance sediment layers, on earthquake ground...
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Molly M. Gallahue, Leah Marschall Salditch, Madeleine C. Lucas, James S. Neely, Seth Stein, Norman A. Abrahamson, Tessa Williams, Susan E. Hough
The 8 April 1860 Jour de Pâques earthquake sequence in southern Haiti The 8 April 1860 Jour de Pâques earthquake sequence in southern Haiti
The grave threat posed by the Enriquillo‐Plantain Garden fault zone (EPGFZ) and other fault systems on the Tiburon Peninsula in southern Haiti was highlighted by the catastrophic M 7.0 Léogâne earthquake on 12 January 2010 and again by the deadly M 7.2 Nippes earthquakes on 14 August 2021. Early Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar observations suggest the 2021 earthquake broke...
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Stacey Martin, Susan E. Hough
Contributed reports of widely felt earthquakes in California, United States: If they felt it, did they report it? Contributed reports of widely felt earthquakes in California, United States: If they felt it, did they report it?
In a recent study, Hough and Martin (2021) considered the extent to which socioeconomic factors influence the numbers and distribution of contributed reports available to characterize the effects of both historical and recent large earthquakes. In this study I explore the question further, focusing on analysis of widely felt earthquakes near major population centers in northern and...
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Susan E. Hough
Reply to “comment on ‘which earthquake accounts matter?’ by Susan E. Hough and Stacey S. Martin” by David J. Wald Reply to “comment on ‘which earthquake accounts matter?’ by Susan E. Hough and Stacey S. Martin” by David J. Wald
We thank David Wald (Wald, 2021; henceforth, W21) for his interest in our recent article (Hough and Martin, 2021; henceforth, HM21). Although different perspectives are vital in science, we are concerned that W21 misrepresents HM21 as an oblique criticism of the U.S. Geological Survey “Did You Feel It?” (DYFI) system, calling for HM21 to be retracted. Readers who are interested in the...
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Susan E. Hough, Stacey S. Martin
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 129
Rupture scenarios for the 3 June 1770 Haiti earthquake Rupture scenarios for the 3 June 1770 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 M 7.0 Haiti earthquake provided the impetus to reconsider historical earthquakes in Hispaniola (Bakun et al., 2012). That earthquake also shed new light on complex fault systems along Haiti’s southern peninsula (Douilly et al., 2013; Saint Fleur et al., 2015). Recently, the 2021 M 7.2 Nippes earthquake (Calais et al., 2022; Douilly et al., 2022), and a recent study reconsidering...
Authors
Susan E. Hough, Stacey S. Martin, Steeve Symithe, Richard W. Briggs
On the documentation, independence, and stability of widely used seismological data products On the documentation, independence, and stability of widely used seismological data products
Earthquake scientists have traditionally relied on relatively small data sets recorded on small numbers of instruments. With advances in both instrumentation and computational resources, the big-data era, including an established norm of open data-sharing, allows seismologists to explore important issues using data volumes that would have been unimaginable in earlier decades. Alongside...
Authors
Boris Rosler, Seth Stein, Susan E. Hough
A study on the effect of site response on California seismic hazard map assessment A study on the effect of site response on California seismic hazard map assessment
Prior studies have repeatedly shown that probabilistic seismic hazard maps from several different countries predict higher shaking than that observed. Previous map assessments have not, however, considered the influence of site response on hazard. Seismologists have long acknowledged the influence of near-surface geology, in particular low-impedance sediment layers, on earthquake ground...
Authors
Molly M. Gallahue, Leah Marschall Salditch, Madeleine C. Lucas, James S. Neely, Seth Stein, Norman A. Abrahamson, Tessa Williams, Susan E. Hough
The 8 April 1860 Jour de Pâques earthquake sequence in southern Haiti The 8 April 1860 Jour de Pâques earthquake sequence in southern Haiti
The grave threat posed by the Enriquillo‐Plantain Garden fault zone (EPGFZ) and other fault systems on the Tiburon Peninsula in southern Haiti was highlighted by the catastrophic M 7.0 Léogâne earthquake on 12 January 2010 and again by the deadly M 7.2 Nippes earthquakes on 14 August 2021. Early Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar observations suggest the 2021 earthquake broke...
Authors
Stacey Martin, Susan E. Hough
Contributed reports of widely felt earthquakes in California, United States: If they felt it, did they report it? Contributed reports of widely felt earthquakes in California, United States: If they felt it, did they report it?
In a recent study, Hough and Martin (2021) considered the extent to which socioeconomic factors influence the numbers and distribution of contributed reports available to characterize the effects of both historical and recent large earthquakes. In this study I explore the question further, focusing on analysis of widely felt earthquakes near major population centers in northern and...
Authors
Susan E. Hough
Reply to “comment on ‘which earthquake accounts matter?’ by Susan E. Hough and Stacey S. Martin” by David J. Wald Reply to “comment on ‘which earthquake accounts matter?’ by Susan E. Hough and Stacey S. Martin” by David J. Wald
We thank David Wald (Wald, 2021; henceforth, W21) for his interest in our recent article (Hough and Martin, 2021; henceforth, HM21). Although different perspectives are vital in science, we are concerned that W21 misrepresents HM21 as an oblique criticism of the U.S. Geological Survey “Did You Feel It?” (DYFI) system, calling for HM21 to be retracted. Readers who are interested in the...
Authors
Susan E. Hough, Stacey S. Martin