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  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Susan E. Hough is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on earthquake and tectonic studies, with significant work in seismology, seismic wave analysis, and seismic performance assessment. Their scientific contributions also extend to earthquake detection and geological and geophysical studies worldwide, often incorporating techniques from artificial intelligence.

The main fields of study covered by Hough's work include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their subfields of expertise feature Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering, Education, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Hough has published extensively in leading seismic and geophysical journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • The Seismic Record
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Hough include:

  • Which Earthquake Accounts Matter? (2021), Seismological Research Letters
  • Near-Field Ground Motions from the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Sequence (2020), Seismological Research Letters
  • The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake (California, USA): Ground Motions and Rupture Scenario (2020), Scientific Reports

Other notable papers published alongside frequent collaborators include:

  • California Historical Intensity Mapping Project (CHIMP): A Consistently Reinterpreted Dataset of Seismic Intensities for the Past 162 Yr and Implications for Seismic Hazard Maps (2020), Seismological Research Letters
  • The Normal-Faulting 2020 Mw 5.8 Lone Pine, Eastern California, Earthquake Sequence (2020), Seismological Research Letters

Frequent co-authors in Hough's research network are:

  • Seth Stein
  • Leah Salditch
  • Molly M. Gallahue
  • James S. Neely
  • Madeleine Lucas

Hough has contributed to academic book publishing as well, including a publication with University of Washington Press eBooks titled The Great Quake Debate (2020).

Their work has received recognition in the form of awards, notably being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A MODEL FOR THE SHAPE OF THE FOURIER AMPLITUDE SPECTRUM OF ACCELERATION AT HIGH FREQUENCIES

    John G. Anderson;Susan E. Hough

  • Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992

    Kerry Sieh;Lucile M Jones;Egill Hauksson;Kenneth W Hudnut

  • Remotely Triggered Seismicity on the United States West Coast following the Mw 7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake

    S. G. Prejean;D. P. Hill;E. E. Brodsky;S. E. Hough

  • On the Modified Mercalli intensities and magnitudes of the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes

    Susan E. Hough;John G. Armbruster;Leonardo Seeber;Jerry F. Hough

  • Intensity, magnitude, location and attenuation in India for felt earthquakes since 1762

    Walter Szeliga;Susan E Hough;Stacey S Martin;Roger D Bilham

  • High-frequency spectra observed at Anza, California: Implications for Q structure

    S. E. Hough;J. G. Anderson

  • Attenuation near Anza, California

    S. E. Hough;J. G. Anderson;J. Brune;F. Vernon

  • Localized damage caused by topographic amplification during the 2010 M 7.0 Haiti earthquake

    Susan E. Hough;Jean Robert Altidor;Dieuseul Anglade;Doug Given

  • Observations of Loma Prieta aftershocks from a dense array in Sunnyvale, California

    Arthur Frankel;Susan Hough;Paul Friberg;Robert Busby

  • Shaking from Injection‐Induced Earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States

    Susan E. Hough

  • Using microtremors to assess potential earthquake site response: A case study in Flushing Meadows, New York City

    E. H. Field;S. E. Hough;K. H. Jacob

  • Empirical Green's function analysis: Taking the next step

    S. E. Hough

  • A Terrain‐Based Site‐Conditions Map of California with Implications for the Contiguous United States

    Alan K. Yong;Susan E. Hough;Junko Iwahashi;Amy Braverman

  • Predicting the Unpredictable

    Susan Elizabeth Hough

  • Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction

    Susan Elizabeth Hough

  • Sediment-induced amplification and the collapse of the Nimitz Freeway

    S. E. Hough;P. A. Friberg;R. Busby;E. F. Field

  • Earthquake site response estimation: A weak-motion case study

    E. H. Field;K. H. Jacob;S. E. Hough

  • The 26 January 2001 M 7.6 Bhuj, India, Earthquake: Observed and Predicted Ground Motions

    Susan E Hough;Stacey S Martin;Roger D Bilham;Gail M Atkinson

  • Seismic Hazard in Karachi, Pakistan: Uncertain Past, Uncertain Future

    Roger Bilham;Sarosh Lodi;Susan Hough;Saria Bukhary

  • The 26 January 2001 “Republic Day” Earthquake, India

    R. Bendick;R. Bilham;E. Fielding;V. K. Gaur

  • Earthquake site-response study in Giumri (formerly Leninakan), Armenia, using ambient noise observations

    E. H. Field;A. C. Clement;K. H. Jacob;V. Aharonian

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Bilham
Roger Bilham University of Colorado Boulder
Leonardo Seeber
Leonardo Seeber Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seth Stein
Seth Stein Northwestern University
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Jean-Paul Ampuero
Jean-Paul Ampuero Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Kenneth W. Hudnut
Kenneth W. Hudnut United States Geological Survey
Lucile M. Jones
Lucile M. Jones United States Geological Survey
Egill Hauksson
Egill Hauksson California Institute of Technology
Edward H. Field
Edward H. Field United States Geological Survey
Anne Deschamps
Anne Deschamps Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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