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UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
215 McCone Hall #4760
Berkeley CA 94720-4760

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The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory conducts research on earthquake processes and earth structure,
provides timely and accurate earthquake information to a variety of public and private agencies,
and assists in the education of students and the public in earthquake science.


Closeup color photo of crack in concrete behind the topmost row of bleachers in a stadium.

Crack in Berkeley stadium caused by creep on the Hayward Fault
Source: Berkeley Science Review
1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance

More information on current earthquakes in California...

From The Berkeley Science Review:
Uncommon Ground: Probing the underlying causes of earthquakes


From the USGS: Forecasting Earthquakes - What Can We Expect in the Next 30 Years? (PDF)

See the earthquake preparedness video for undergraduate students on the UC Berkeley campus. This video was put together by students in a Freshman Seminar given by Prof. Richard Allen and Barbara Romanowicz.





















Berkeley Seismological Lab
215 McCone Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-4760
www@seismo.berkeley.edu

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