outreach
As a scientist, it is easy to become caught up in burning the midnight oil working on exciting projects, writing papers, dealing with the ups and downs of the review process, and eventually feeling the dopamine hit that is (figuratively) smelling fresh ink on page proofs, before they are committed to print. However, it is equally important to share that knowledge and expertise with the rest of the seismological community and the wider public, which is summarised below.
Seismology Community Service
I am currently co-editing a special issue for the Journal of Seismology on Analog Seismograms in the digital era. I have also been a co-convenor of scientific panels at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in 2016 on "Macroseismic Data: Challenges, Opportunities, and Insights" and a session on "Archeoseismology and Historical Earthquakes" at the International Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATAdays) conference in 2022. Over the past decade, my research expertise has been shared as a peer reviewer for papers on macroseismology and historical earthquakes at well-established seismology journals such as The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Seismological Research Letters, The Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, and The Journal of Seismology.
Public and Media Engagement
Office of the Inspector General of Emergency Management, Queensland (2025): Reassessment of 1918 Queensland earthquake.
ABC News (2024): Researchers revise epicentre of 1918 earthquake thought to have struck at sea near Bundaberg.
The Conversation (2022): Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The disaster in Java is a devastating example.
New Mandala (2022): Bridging historical archives and earthquake hazard studies in Indonesia.
Science Daily (2022): Haiti's 1860 Jour de Pâques earthquakes may have released strain in key fault zone.
Temblor (2021): Representation matters in earthquake ‘felt reports’.
Unted States Geological Survey media (2021): Studying earthquakes through eyewitnesses can be tricky.
Conferences
(29) Allen, T.I., J.D. Griffin, D. Clark, H. Ghasemi, P. Cummins, R. Ebrahimi, S.S. Martin (2023), Updating the National Seismic Hazard Assessment: philosophy and implications, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD), Cairns, Queensland.
(28) Di Giacomo, D., S.S. Martin, P. Cummins (2023), Reassessment of pre-digital era Indonesian earthquakes, XXVIII IUGG General Assembly.
(27) Martin, S.S., P. Cummins, A.J. Meltzner (2023), Reconstructing a four-century long record of historical seismicity in Indonesia with the Gempa Nusantara database, XXVIII IUGG General Assembly.
(26) Hough, S.E., S.S. Martin, S. Symithe, R. Brigg (2022), Earthquake ruptures on complex fault systems: Insights from Haiti, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), Annual Meeting.
(25) Switzer, A.D., J.M. Majewski, R.Y.S. Guan, B. Benazir, E. Meilianda, P. Parham, R. Weiss, S.S. Martin, C. Jordan, J.E. Pilarczyk, B.P. Horton (2021), Sediment analysis and modelling reveal short inundation distances and low onshore flow speed of the 2018 Palu-Donggala tsunami in Indonesia, EGU.
(24) Wei, S., G. Feng, H. Zeng, S.S. Martin, Q. Shi, M. Muzli, T. Wang, E. Lindsay, R. Triyono, J. Hubbard, P. Tapponier, K. Sieh (2018), The 2018 Mw 7.5 Palu Earthquake: A gradually accelerating super-shear rupture terminated by stress shadows in a complex fault system, AGU Fall Meeting.
(23) Martin, S.S., L. Li, E. Okal, J. Morin, A. Tetteroo, K. Sieh, A. Switzer (2018), The 1907 Sumatra "tsunami earthquake": A reassessment using macroseismic, seismological and tsunami observations, South China Sea Tsunami Workshop (SCSTW), National University of Singapore, 10th Meeting.
(22) Hough, S.E. R. Bilham, V. Tsai, S.S. Martin, R. Walker, and F. Aminzadeh (2018), Production induced earthquakes in Southern California during the early 20th century, AOGS.
(21) Aung, L.T., S.S. Martin, Y. Wang, S.T. Tun, D.W. Aung, and W. Naing (2018), A revision of the macroseismic effects of the 1975 M6.5 Bagan, Myanmar earthquake, AOGS.
(20) Martin, S.S., M. Locati, and K. Sieh (2018), Gempa Nusantara: A new digital database of felt intensity for historical earthquakes in the Indonesian archipelago, SSA Annual Meeting.
(19) Hough, S.E., and S.S. Martin (2018), A proposed rupture scenario for the 1925 Santa Barbara, California, earthquake, SSA Annual Meeting.
(18) Martin, S.S., L. Li, E. Okal, H. Kanamori, J. Morin, K. Sieh, A. Switzer (2017), New constraints on the magnitude of the 4 January 1907 tsunami earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, and its Indian Ocean-wide tsunami, AGU Fall Meeting.
(17) Aung, L.T., Y. Wang, S.S. Martin, M. Thant. K. N. Htay, H. M. Aung, T. Z. Kyaw, S. Min. K. Sithu, T. Naing, E.H.N. Myo, T. H. Oo, S. N. Khaing, W. Chan, P. Maung Maung, and S. Wei (2017), Using social media and ground surveys to map the macroseismic effects of the Mw 6.9 Kani and Mw 6.8 Chauk earthquakes of 2016 in Myanmar, AOGS.
(16) Martin, S.S., S.E. Hough, V.K. Gahalaut, M. Landès, and R. Bossu (2016), Analysis of the ground motions from the MW 7.8 Gorkha and MW 7.3 Dolakha earthquakes in Nepal in 2015, AGU Fall Meeting.
(15) Hough, S.E., J-P. Ampuero, S.S. Martin, L. Meng, E.M. Thompson, A. Zhang, and D. Asimaki (2016), Near-field and Regional Ground Motions During the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake, SSA Annual Meeting.
(14) Martin, S.S., S.E. Hough, V.K. Gahalaut, and C. Hung (2015), Macroseismic Intensities from the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake, AGU Fall Meeting.
(13) Ampuero, J-P., L. Meng, S.E. Hough, S.S. Martin, D. Asimaki (2015), Salient Features of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake in Relation to Earthquake Cycle and Dynamic Rupture Models , AGU Fall Meeting.
(12) Hough, S.E., S.S. Martin, A. Dixit, S. Shreshta, R. Guragain, E. Cochran, D. Sumy, A. Ringler, D. McNamara, D. Asimaki, R. Bilham, D. Mencin, J. Galetzka, J. Luetgert,J-P., Ampuero, and S. Rajaure (2015), Ground Motions during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake: An Expected Event that Defied Expectations, AGU Fall Meeting.
(11) Savage, M., K. Jacobs, R. Heckels, A. Shelley, J. Dimech, E. Walsh, S.S. Martin, A. Benson, T. Stern, J. Townend, J. McIntosh, J. Louie, S. Henrys, S. Bannister, B. Fry, and D. Okaya (2013), Seddon Earthquake Aftershock Structural Investigation, New Zealand Geoscience Conference, Christchurch.
(10) Hough, S.E., M. Page and S.S. Martin (2013), Revisiting the historical earthquake catalog in Northern California: New insights into the seismic cycle, SSA Annual Meeting.
(09) Reyners, M., D. M. Eberhart-Phillips, S.C. Bannister and S.S. Martin (2011), The role of crustal structure in the development of the destructive 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence, Geoscience Society of New Zealand.
(08) Reyners, M., D. M. Eberhart-Phillips, S.C. Bannister and S.S. Martin (2011), The tectonic context of the destructive 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence, AGU Fall Meeting.
(07) Beavan, J., C. Holden, M. Reyners, B. Fry, S. Samsonov, M. Motagh and S.S. Martin, Source models of the Mw 7.1 Darfield, New Zealand earthquake, XXV IUGG General Assembly, 2011.
(06) Szeliga, W., S.S. Martin, S.E. Hough and R. Bilham, Epicentral determinations from macroseismic data: Insights from four centuries of observations, Transactions of the AGU, 2009.
(05) Szeliga, W., S.S. Martin, S.E. Hough and R. Bilham, Numerical studies of 8000 reports of earthquakes felt in India in the past four centuries, Seismological Society of America, Annual Meeting, 2008.
(04) Hough, S.E., K. Mueller, R. Bilham, N. Ambraseys, and S.S. Martin, Remotely triggered earthquakes in Intraplate Regions: Distributed Hazard, Dependent Events, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 84 (46), AGU Fall Meeting, 2003.
(03) Hough, S.E., R. Bilham, K. Mueller, N. Ambraseys and S.S. Martin, Great Intraplate Earthquakes: Insights from Macroseismic Data, Indo-US Workshop on Seismicity & Geodynamics, Hyderabad, 19 – 20, 2003.
(02) Hough, S.E. and S.S. Martin, Intensity Distribution of the January 26, 2001 Bhuj, India Earthquake, Seismological Research Letters, 72, 7, 2001.
(01) Bendick, R., R. Bilham, R. Fielding, V. Gaur, S.E. Hough, G. Kier, M. Kulkarni, S.S. Martin and M. Mukul, Geodetic investigation of the January 26, 2001 Bhuj Earthquake, Gujarat, India, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82, 5261, 2001.