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Because of its history and its location within a large urban area, the Hayward Fault is the focus of many studies. UC Berkeley and the US Geological Survey monitor the fault constantly with a variety of sensitive instruments, such as seismometers, creepmeters, strainmeters, and GPS equipment. These instruments, as well as computer modeling, historical accounts of earthquakes, geological mapping, trenching, and other techniques, have been used to understand the past, present behavior of the fault and to assess future hazards. The links below provide more information on some of these studies and on the monitoring infrastructure.

Monitoring

• Seismic monitoring
• Crustal deformation monitoring

Research Projects/Online Publications

• Seismicity/Source Studies
  • Fault Slip Kinematics using Characteristic Microearthquakes
    (2001-2002 | 2000-2001)
  • Hayward Fault & Bridges Research
    (1999-2000 | 1998-1999 | 1997-1998)

  • 3-D earthquake simulation movies for the Hayward Fault
• Geodetic Studies
  • The accumulation of interseismic strain along the Hayward fault
    • Earthquake Potential Along the Northern Hayward Fault, California
    • Watching the Hayward Fault
  • Data from theodolite measurements of creep rates on San Francisco Bay region faults, California, 1979-2001
• Paleoseismology
  • Paleoseismology of the Hayward Fault
  • Logs and Data from Trenches across the Hayward Fault at Tyson's Lagoon (Tule Pond, Fremont, Alameda, California
  • Timing of Paleoearthquakes on the Northern Hayward Fault
• Geophysics
  • Principal facts for gravity data along the Hayward Fault and vicinity, San Francisco Bay area, Northern California
  • A review of faults and crustal structure in the San Francisco Bay area as reveal by seismic studies, 1991-1997
• Rock properties
  • Hayward Fault rocks: Porosity, Density, and Strength Measurement
  • Petrography and Physical Properties of Selected Rock Types Associated with the Hayward Fault, California

Publications

Please see Further Reading for a list of recent research papers.

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