The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory conducts essential research on earthquakes and solid earth processes while collecting and delivering high quality geophysical data..
We provide robust earthquake and hazard information including real-time alerts to the public, in collaboration with our partners.
We enable the broad consumption of earthquake information by everyone while educating and training students at all levels and from all backgrounds.
How the Berkeley Seismology Lab turns data into disaster prevention
Earthquakes may cause some people to flee the Golden State, but Richard Allen came to California precisely because of them. As a seismologist — a scientist who studies the geological causes of quakes...
Roland Bürgmann awarded Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
Roland Bürgmann, UC Berkeley professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science and the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, has been awarded the 2026 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship.
How Freaked Out Should We Be About All These Small Earthquakes?
There have been more than 150 small earthquakes in San Ramon in the past month. In one rattling day alone there were at least 19 of magnitude 2.0 or higher. Do all these little earthquakes mean the big one is coming soon? Or maybe that the big one is not coming soon?...
The Great Berkeley ShakeOut & Preparedness Fair 2025
Ready for the next big earthquake? Practice your Drop (or Lock), Cover, and Hold On this ShakeOut at 10:16 am on October 16th. Join us after in Dwinelle Plaza (just past Sather Gate) from 11 am to 2 pm for demonstrations, information straight from experts, games, community resources, earthquake monitoring equipment and much much more!
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Berkeley shakes Bay Area overnight
Following a magnitude 4.3 earthquake in Berkeley on Monday morning, the city has experienced two other quakes...
