Dr. Elizabeth S. Cochran is an observational seismologist at the United States Geological Survey in Pasadena, California. Elizabeth serves as Project Chief of the Induced Seismicity project in the Earthquake Science Center. Her research interests include investigating the link between increased earthquake rates in the Central and Eastern U.S. and energy production activities, specifically disposal of large volumes of wastewater. She also conducts research on earthquake early warning, earthquake triggering, rupture processes, and seismic wave propagation, and has led several large seismic deployments following significant earthquakes in the United States. Elizabeth previously served as Chief Scientist of the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning project working to develop a system to warn of incoming ground shaking from moderate to large earthquakes. She was also the co-founder of the Quake Catcher Network, a crowd-sourced seismic network that uses low cost sensors connected to desktop or inside of laptops and phones located in homes, offices and schools to detect earthquakes. Elizabeth received a B.S. in geophysics from University of California, Santa Barbara and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2010, she was recognized with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), which is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Ross, Z. E., & Cochran, E. S. (2021, 07). Evidence for Latent Crustal Fluid Injection Transients in Southern California From Long-Duration Earthquake Swarms. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11047
Fan, W., Barbour, A. J., & Cochran, E. S. (2019, 08). Teleseismic dynamic triggering of microearthquakes in the Anza area, California: the role of dynamic strain and pore pressure. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9627
Hauksson, E., Ross, Z. E., & Cochran, E. S. (2018, 08). Sudden Surges of Seismicity within Natural Slow Growing and Long Duration Seismicity Swarms near Cahuilla Valley in the Central Peninsular Ranges, Southern California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8765
Yu, C., Hauksson, E., Zhan, Z., & Cochran, E. S. (2017, 08). Depth Distribution of the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake Sequence (M>=4) Determined from Regional Waveform Modeling. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7614
Horstmann, T., Harrington, R. M., & Cochran, E. S. (2013). Semi-automated tremor detection using a combined cross-correlation and neural network approach. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118(9), 4827-4846. doi: 10.1002/jgrb.50345. SCEC Contribution 1639
Li, Y., Malin, P. E., & Cochran, E. S. (2012). Fault-zone trapped waves: High-Resolution Characterization of the Damage Zone on the Parkfield San Andreas Fault at Depth. In Y. Li (Eds.), Imaging, Modeling and Assimilation in Seismology, (Series in Global Change and Earth System Science, pp. 43) Boston, : DeGruyter SCEC Contribution 1321
Li, Y., Chen, P., Cochran, E. S., Vidale, J. E., & Burdette, T. (2006). Seismic Evidence for Rock Damage and Healing on the San Andreas Fault Associated with the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4B), S349-S363. doi: 10.1785/0120050803. SCEC Contribution 924
Cochran, E. S., Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., & Burdette, T. (2006). Anisotropy in the Shallow Crust Observed around the San Andreas Fault Before and After the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(4B), S364-S375. doi: 10.1785/0120050804. SCEC Contribution 1080
Cochran, E. S., & Shearer, P. M. (2006). Infrasound Events Detected with the Southern California Seismic Network. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L19803. doi: 10.1029/2006GL026951. SCEC Contribution 1027
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., & Cochran, E. S. (2004). Low-Velocity Damaged Structure of the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield from Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(12), L12S06, 1-5. doi: 10.1029/2003GL019044. SCEC Contribution 762
Li, Y., Vidale, J. E., Day, S. M., Oglesby, D. D., Cochran, E. S., & Field Working Group, . (2003). Postseismic Fault Healing on the Rupture Zone of the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine, California, Earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 93(2), 854-869. doi: 10.1785/0120020131. SCEC Contribution 685
