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Here are links to BSL press releases, news articles, and UC Berkeley news stories in the earth sciences. Additional information about the BSL research program in local, regional, and global seismology is available online and through the Annual Reports.

More news from UC Berkeley is available.

2007

• 12/12/07 Hayward, Calaveras faults may be connected, geologist says - SF Chronicle
• 12/11/07 California's earthquake warning system lags those in Europe, Japan - SF Chronicle
• 12/10/07 Early warning system predicted shaking from Oct. 30 quake
• 08/09/07 Seismologists confirm Utah mine collapse probably caused temblor
• 03/13/07 Getting closer to the mystery of deep-sea life: Power cable for instruments to loop under Monterey Bay - SF Chronicle

2006

• 07/24/06 Puzzling 'silent' quakes may hint at big temblors - SF Chronicle
• 01/16/06 The Great Quake: 1906-2006: Tracing the Hayward Fault through UC Berkeley's shifting stadium - SF Chronicle
• 13/15/06 All shook up: Berkeley commemorates 1906 earthquake

2005

• 11/10/05 Big One's first jolt might be a lifesaver: Researchers say fast computer analysis could allow quake alert in early seconds - SF Chronicle
• 10/13/05 Predicting temblors inexact: Quakes studied in Parkfield area for some 2 decades - SF Chronicle
• 05/20/05 Sumatra quake's awesome power: 9.3 temblor ripped 800-mile gash in Earth's crust - SF Chronicle
• 05/19/05 Scientists upgrade Dec. 26 Sumatran quake responsible for deadly tsunami

2004

• 12/09/04 Deep tremors under San Andreas fault could portend earthquakes
  • Please see our Web page on this paper
• 01/09/04 Quakes along central San Andreas Fault peak every three-years
  • Please see our Web page on this paper

2003

• 12/22/03 USGS and UC Berkeley issue a report on the San Simeon earthquake
• 07/23/03 Picking up the pieces
  • See our Web page on this report.
• 06/05/03 Forces that shape the bay
• 04/22/03 1906 Commemorative Lecture at UC Berkeleyannouces new Bay Area earthquake probabilities
• 04/17/03 Continental roots go deep, but not as deep as some people thought
• 02/05/03 California Scientists join earthquake coalition
• 02/02/03 UC Berkeley and USGS issue a report on the Dublin earthquakes
• 01/29/03 Getting set to commemorate "The Big One"
  • Please see our announcement 1906 Centennial activities.

2002

• 12/05/02 UC Berkeley geophysicists report experimental evidence supporting theory of mantle plume and hot spot stability
• 10/16/02 UC seismologists dig deep to profile "mini" quakes
• 09/19/02 Hearst Memorial Mining Building reopens
• 04/23/02 Berkeley Seismology Lab joins statewide seismic monitoring network
• 04/12/02 First broadband earthquake monitor placed off Monterey coast this week as part of planned seafloor seismic observatory
• 02/26/02 Seismologist Thomas McEvilly, expert on California's San Andreas and Hayward faults, has died of cancer at age 67.
  • Please see our announcement.

2001

• 12/21/01 Shaken, not stirred: UC Berkeley engineers subject three-story woodframe structure to multiple earthquake forces
• 07/27/01 UC Berkeley-led initiative to bring information technology to the service of society survives budget process; receives $20 million in first year
• 06/11/01 Mark Richards, an expert on the Earth's deep mantle, to take helm as dean of physical sciences at UC Berkeley
• 01/22/01 Glitches in the Earth's wobble help geophysicists probe the planet's core
• 01/12/01 Gov Davis's proposed budget includes funds for UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory to improve northern state's earthquake monitoring system

2000

• 11/15/00 Interactive Science catches on in Bay Area schools.
  • See our Web page on this report.
• 08/17/00 Earthquake Potential along the Northern Hayward Fault
  • See our Web page on this report.
• 06/07/00 Quake 2000: Campus simulates emergency response to Hayward Fault temblor
  • See our Web page on this report.
• 05/01/00 Even a brief closure at UC Berkeley after a major earthquake would mean economic loss for the region
  • See our Web page on this report.
• 04/12/00 Moving magma under Mammoth Lakes area may be splitting rocks deep underground

1999 and older

• 05/24/99 UC Berkeley hosts conference celebrating 100 years of western U.S. geology
• 04/16/98 On the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, online art project is a poetic reminder
• 10/07/97 National Science Foundation names UC Berkeley to head one of three new national earthquake engineering research centers
• 06/19/97 Robot places UC Berkeley/French seismometer on ocean floor to "listen" to earthquake noise
• 04/11/97 Scientists successful in simulating precise patterns of earthquake ground motion
• 10/18/95 Upgrade's Goal is Extra Seconds of Quake Warning
• 09/13/95 Budget cuts could imperil quake research