Susan E. Hough
Susan Hough is a scientist in the Earthquake Hazards Program.
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Earthquake intensity distributions: a new view Earthquake intensity distributions: a new view
Pioneering work by Nicolas Ambraseys and many collaborators demonstrates both the tremendous value of macroseismic data and the perils of its uncritical assessment. In numerous publications he shows that neglect of original sources and/or failure to appreciate the context of historical accounts, as well as use of unreliable indicators such as landslid- ing to determine intensities...
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Susan E. Hough
Crustal structure and fault geometry of the 2010 Haiti earthquake from temporary seismometer deployments Crustal structure and fault geometry of the 2010 Haiti earthquake from temporary seismometer deployments
Haiti has been the locus of a number of large and damaging historical earthquakes. The recent 12 January 2010 Mw 7.0 earthquake affected cities that were largely unprepared, which resulted in tremendous losses. It was initially assumed that the earthquake ruptured the Enriquillo Plantain Garden fault (EPGF), a major active structure in southern Haiti, known from geodetic measurements and...
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Roby Douilly, Jennifer S. Haase, William L. Ellsworth, Marie-Paule Bouin, Eric Calais, Steeve J. Symithe, John G. Armbruster, Bernard Mercier de Lepinay, Anne Deschamps, Saint‐Louis Mildor, Mark E. Meremonte, Susan E. Hough
Spatial variability of "Did You Feel It?" intensity data: insights into sampling biases in historical earthquake intensity distributions Spatial variability of "Did You Feel It?" intensity data: insights into sampling biases in historical earthquake intensity distributions
Recent parallel development of improved quantitative methods to analyze intensity distributions for historical earthquakes and of web‐based systems for collecting intensity data for modern earthquakes provides an opportunity to reconsider not only important individual historical earthquakes but also the overall characterization of intensity distributions for historical events. The focus...
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Susan E. Hough
Reverberations on the watery element: A significant tsunamigenic historical earthquake offshore the Carolina coast Reverberations on the watery element: A significant tsunamigenic historical earthquake offshore the Carolina coast
We investigate an early nineteenth-century earthquake that has been previously cataloged but not previously investigated in detail or recognized as a significant event. The earthquake struck at approximately 4:30 a.m. LT on 8 January 1817 and was widely felt throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. Around 11:00 a.m. the same day, an eyewitness described a 12-inch tide...
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Susan E. Hough, Jeffrey Munsey, Steven N. Ward
Missing great earthquakes Missing great earthquakes
The occurrence of three earthquakes with moment magnitude (Mw) greater than 8.8 and six earthquakes larger than Mw 8.5, since 2004, has raised interest in the long-term global rate of great earthquakes. Past studies have focused on the analysis of earthquakes since 1900, which roughly marks the start of the instrumental era in seismology. Before this time, the catalog is less complete...
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Susan E. Hough
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Filter Total Items: 127
Earthquake intensity distributions: a new view Earthquake intensity distributions: a new view
Pioneering work by Nicolas Ambraseys and many collaborators demonstrates both the tremendous value of macroseismic data and the perils of its uncritical assessment. In numerous publications he shows that neglect of original sources and/or failure to appreciate the context of historical accounts, as well as use of unreliable indicators such as landslid- ing to determine intensities...
Authors
Susan E. Hough
Crustal structure and fault geometry of the 2010 Haiti earthquake from temporary seismometer deployments Crustal structure and fault geometry of the 2010 Haiti earthquake from temporary seismometer deployments
Haiti has been the locus of a number of large and damaging historical earthquakes. The recent 12 January 2010 Mw 7.0 earthquake affected cities that were largely unprepared, which resulted in tremendous losses. It was initially assumed that the earthquake ruptured the Enriquillo Plantain Garden fault (EPGF), a major active structure in southern Haiti, known from geodetic measurements and...
Authors
Roby Douilly, Jennifer S. Haase, William L. Ellsworth, Marie-Paule Bouin, Eric Calais, Steeve J. Symithe, John G. Armbruster, Bernard Mercier de Lepinay, Anne Deschamps, Saint‐Louis Mildor, Mark E. Meremonte, Susan E. Hough
Spatial variability of "Did You Feel It?" intensity data: insights into sampling biases in historical earthquake intensity distributions Spatial variability of "Did You Feel It?" intensity data: insights into sampling biases in historical earthquake intensity distributions
Recent parallel development of improved quantitative methods to analyze intensity distributions for historical earthquakes and of web‐based systems for collecting intensity data for modern earthquakes provides an opportunity to reconsider not only important individual historical earthquakes but also the overall characterization of intensity distributions for historical events. The focus...
Authors
Susan E. Hough
Reverberations on the watery element: A significant tsunamigenic historical earthquake offshore the Carolina coast Reverberations on the watery element: A significant tsunamigenic historical earthquake offshore the Carolina coast
We investigate an early nineteenth-century earthquake that has been previously cataloged but not previously investigated in detail or recognized as a significant event. The earthquake struck at approximately 4:30 a.m. LT on 8 January 1817 and was widely felt throughout the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. Around 11:00 a.m. the same day, an eyewitness described a 12-inch tide...
Authors
Susan E. Hough, Jeffrey Munsey, Steven N. Ward
Missing great earthquakes Missing great earthquakes
The occurrence of three earthquakes with moment magnitude (Mw) greater than 8.8 and six earthquakes larger than Mw 8.5, since 2004, has raised interest in the long-term global rate of great earthquakes. Past studies have focused on the analysis of earthquakes since 1900, which roughly marks the start of the instrumental era in seismology. Before this time, the catalog is less complete...
Authors
Susan E. Hough