The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory conducts essential research on earthquakes and solid earth processes while collecting and delivering high quality geophysical data.
We provide robust and real-time earthquake and hazard information on Northern California earthquakes, in collaboration with our partners.
We enable the broad consumption of earthquake information by the general public while educating and training students at all levels.
Quake in Turkey highlights the hazard in the East Bay
Three days after a strong earthquake struck the eastern Turkish provinces of Elazig and Malatya, rescue crews are still trying to free survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings. More than 40 people are known to have been killed in the quake, which shook the region on Friday evening, local time...
Deadly Earthquakes in the Muertos Trough
For the past eleven days, the US territory of Puerto Rico has been shaken by hundreds of earthquakes, culminating in a magnitude 5.8 temblor on Monday and a deadly magnitude 6.4 quake in the early morning hours of today (Tuesday, local time).
Dr. Peggy Hellweg at PubScience Jan 16th
Dr. Peggy Hellweg talks about the "Earthquakes in our Backyard" at PubScience, Jan 16th at 6 PM, at the Little Hill Lounge in El Cerrito (10753 San Pablo Ave) More info at The CLEAR Project
Prof. Roland Bürgmann Elected AAAS Fellow
Roland Bürgmann was elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for outstanding contributions to research, teaching, innovation, service to societies and to the public in geodynamics, tectonics, rheology, seismology, geodesy and volcanology.
Prof. Michael Manga Elected AAAS Fellow
Michael Manga was elected at 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for many outstanding contributions to geological processes involving fluids in physical volcanology, geodynamics, hydrogeology, and geomorphology, and for service to academe, government, and societies.
Extremely Useful – But Not a Perfect System
After California's Governor Gavin Newsom publicly launched earthquake early warning (EEW) for the Golden State last week, about half a million people downloaded the MyShake app onto their smart phones...
California rolls out first statewide earthquake early warning system
California Gov. Gavin Newsom today (Thursday, Oct. 17) announced the debut of the nation’s first statewide earthquake early warning system that will deliver alerts to people’s cellphones through an app developed at the University of California, Berkeley...
Earthquake Early Warning is Finally Here
It has been several years since the first prototype of an earthquake early warning (EEW) system for the US West Coast proved to be working successfully: A few seconds before the seismic waves of the South Napa Earthquake reached the densely populated San Francisco Bay Area on August 24, 2014, the warning system sounded an alert, albeit only to a few test users...
Barbara Romanowicz awarded the Bowie Medal
AGU’s highest honor, the Bowie medal for "outstanding contributions for fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research", is being awarded to Barbara Romanowicz. The medal will be presented at the 2019 fall AGU meeting in San Francisco.
