Berkeley Seismological Laboratory: Sound science, serving society
Mission of the BSL
- Support fundamental research into all aspects of earthquakes, solid earth processes and their effects on society through the collection, archival and delivery of high quality geophysical data and through fostering a dynamic research environment that connects researchers across disciplines and to geophysical observations systems.
- Provide robust and reliable real-time data and information on northern California earthquakes to government, public and private institutions, and to the public, in partnership with the US Geological Survey, CalEMA and other collaborating institutions.
- Enable the broad consumption of earthquake information and solid earth science through education and outreach to all sectors of society.
- Create a productive professional working environment to enable the efficient and robust operation and management of the geophysical facilities and the career development of the staff and students.
Major Projects of the BSL
Geophysical monitoring
Earthquake information dissemination
Education and outreach
Affiliations: The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory is an Organized Research Unit of UC Berkeley. The Seismological Laboratory is a member of:
- California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN)
- Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
- IRIS Consortium
- Northern California Earthquake Data Center (along with USGS)
General Information
BSL Personnel Directory
BSL Research Information (For graduate admissions info, contact the Department of Earth and Planetary Science)
Our weekly seminar series
BSL Annual Report
Current Open Positions
Contact us:
- Director
- Associate Professor Richard Allen
- Address
- UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
- 215 McCone Hall #4760
- Berkeley CA 94720-4760
- 510-642-3977
- 510-643-5811 - fax
- 510-642-2160 - hotline
Earthquake Information Hotline Info
www@seismo.berkeley.edu - 215 McCone Hall #4760
- Directions & Parking Information
