Campus

UC Berkeley would depend on city to respond to ‘Big One’

Furniture inside Campbell Hall was moved around in preparation for the hall being opened for Free Day. The items inside would have otherwise been destroyed along with the hall in 2012.
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Furniture inside Campbell Hall was moved around in preparation for the hall being opened for Free Day. The items inside would have otherwise been destroyed along with the hall in 2012.

If an earthquake of 6.7 magnitude or greater occurred on the Hayward fault line, which runs through UC Berkeley and Berkeley, power would be lost, water and sewage pipes would break, freeways would be disrupted and there would likely be landslides. The campus would enter a state of emergency and Read More…

City

Berkeley begins week with two more earthquakes

Two more earthquakes rattled Berkeley Monday morning, bringing the total number of earthquakes the city has seen since Oct. 20 up to 16. A magnitude 2.4 earthquake hit at 2:42 am Monday, followed by a magnitude 1.4 at 7:38 a.m. Monday’s quakes come after a magnitude 1.7 quake that hit Read More…