My PhD research investigates the use of crowd-sourced data to communicate the effects of macroseismic intensities generated by earthquakes of all magnitudes. Traditionally, macroseismic surveys were carried out in areas damaged by moderate to strong earthquakes and took weeks to analyse and map. However, with the advent of the internet and the ubiquity of smartphones, members of the public now submit felt reports which can number in their thousands within minutes of even relatively low magnitude events. Up to this point in time, these reports have been mostly used for media purposes. However, there is a huge potential to expand the use of these data in models and shaking maps produced in the immediate aftermath of an earthquake. These can then be used to guide initial responses by emergency managers and provide information for both the public and the media.
PhD Discipline:
Data Science
Supervisors:
Primary Supervisor: (UC)
Co-Supervisor: Tatiana Goded (GNS Science)
Research Interests:
Data Science and its application to risk and hazard analysis/modelling
Macroseismology
Crowd-sourced data
Working thesis title
Investigation of the reliability and potential uses of GeoNet Felt Report data in emergency management and risk assessment contexts
Academic History
Bachelor of Arts (Honours, class 2:1) in Earth Sciences at University of Cambridge
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at University of Durham
Graduate Diploma in Strategic Human Resource Management at Open Polytechnic of New Ƶapp
Masters in Applied Data Science at Ƶapp
Presentations
Fraser, H (presenter), T. Goded, C. Hultquist (2024, January, 30-31). Use of Felt Rapid Reports as a reliable data source in the production of Earthquake Intensity Maps [3MT presentation]. Disastrous Doctorates, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Selected Conference Proceedings
Fraser, H (presenter), T. Goded, N. Ward, J. Andrews, C. Hultquist (2023, September, 5-6). Use of Felt Rapid Reports as a reliable data source in the production of Earthquake Intensity Maps [Poster presentation]. The Fourth Spatial Data Science Symposium, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Fraser, H (presenter), T. Goded, N. Ward, J. Andrews, C. Hultquist (2023, November, 13-16). Use of Felt Rapid Reports as a reliable data source in the production of Earthquake Intensity Maps [Poster presentation]. Geoscience Society of New ƵappAnnual Conference 2023, Wellington, New Zealand.
Fraser, H (presenter), T. Goded, N. Ward, J. Andrews, C. Hultquist (2024, February, 1-2). Use of Felt Rapid Reports as a reliable data source in the production of Earthquake Intensity Maps [Poster presentation]. The Society of Risk Analysis Australia New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand.
