Elizabeth Cochran

Seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey and a Visiting Associate at Caltech

Contact: ecochran@usgs.gov | Website

Elizabeth Cochran on KCRW

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We in California know we’re living on borrowed time and that the ‘Big One’ is coming.

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