Subsequent to the 2010 Haiti earthquake , Hough led the United States Geological Survey team charged with the installation of seismic stations and accelerometers . The USGS are contributing to earthquake engineering efforts by improving earthquake monitoring and reporting by means of their USGS Advanced National Seismic System ( ANSS ) . Hough and her team deployed portable seismometers for recording aftershocks of the earthquake , and she continues to cooperate with Haitian seismologosists for setting up permanent seismic monitoring in their country . Areas at risk in future earthquakes are mapped by means of seismic microzonation using local geological conditions to characterize seismic hazard . Normally , the effect of sedimentary layers are considered , however local topography is not considered in this context . However , the results provided by Hough and her team highlighted that topographic amplification played a major role in causing the earthquake damage in Pétion-Ville , a suburb of Port-au-Prince , thereby challenging the conventional view on factors to consider when performing microzonation
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Susan Hough