Member Since 2000
Elizabeth S. Cochran
Research Geophysicist, USGS Earthquake Science Center
Secretary, Seismology Executive Committee
Professional Experience
USGS Earthquake Science Center
Research Geophysicist
2011 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2005
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR: Solid Earth
Received December 2023
Publications
GRAPES: Earthquake Early Warning by Passing Seismic Vectors Through the Grapevine
Estimating an earthquake's magnitude and location may not be necessary to predict shaking in real time; instead, wavefield‐based approaches p...
May 08, 2024
Incorporating Intensity Distance Attenuation Into PLUM Groun...
February 13, 2024
Quantifying Site Effects and Their Influence on Earthquake S...
September 07, 2023
The 2020 Westmorland, California Earthquake Swarm as Aftersh...
November 16, 2022
Stress Heterogeneity as a Driver of Aseismic Slip During the...
August 24, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Exploring Spatiotemporal b-Value Variations of Induced Seismicity in the Raton Basin and Southern Kansas
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING TRIGGERING MECHANISMS OF INDUCED SEISMICITY II POSTER
seismology | 13 december 2024
Rayming Liang, Margaret E. Glasgow, Elizabeth S. C...
The Raton Basin, located on the Colorado-New Mexico border, and southern Kansas have historically experienced abundant induced seismicity and provide ...
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Investigating the impact of injection into depleted reservoirs on seismic sequences
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING TRIGGERING MECHANISMS OF INDUCED SEISMICITY II POSTER
seismology | 13 december 2024
Kayla Kroll, Elizabeth S. Cochran
The relationship between operational controls at carbon storage sites is becoming increasingly crucial as commercial-scale deployments expand. Despite...
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Induced Repeating Earthquakes due to Fluid Injection in Kansas, USA
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING TRIGGERING MECHANISMS OF INDUCED SEISMICITY IV ORAL
seismology | 13 december 2024
Sara B. Cebry, Joern O. Kaven, Elizabeth S. Cochra...
Starting in 2013, an increase in wastewater injection associated with energy production caused an increase in seismicity in southern Kansas, USA. Betw...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Secretary
Seismology Executive Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Seismology Keiiti Aki Young Scientist Award Committee
2013 - 2019
Associate Editor
JGR Solid Earth Section
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