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At UC Berkeley, we feel close to the Hayward fault. Quite close. In McCone Hall, which recently underwent a renovation and a seismic retrofit, we are ~1500 feet from the fault.
On the Berkeley campus, the Hayward fault is well-known for running from "goal post to goal post" in Cal Memorial Stadium. We have put together a Mini-Tour of the Hayward Fault on campus as part of a larger virtual tour of The Geology of 'Bear Territory'. We also have a field trip guide to the Hayward fault on campus, put together by Peggy Hellweg.
Below is a 1923 contour map of the Berkeley area, from Claremont Creek to UC Berkeley, illustrating the landforms and main trace of the Hayward fault. Pat Williams, a UC Berkeley geologist, provided this map. You can easily recognize the outline of Memorial Stadium and the Greek Theater.
Click on this thumbnail map in order to retrieve a larger image.
Here are some photographs of the Hayward fault on the UC Berkeley campus. Some of these are taken from the Tour of Hayward Fault put together by Sue Hirschfeld at CSU Hayward, while others were shot by Lea Suzuki for the San Francisco Chronicle as part of a story on a new study on the Hayward fault.
| Aerial photograph of the Hayward Fault, looking
north toward the Claremont Hotel and UC Berkeley. The
Claremont is the large white edifice in the lower right,
while the UC Berkeley football stadium is near the center
of the image.
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Photograph courtesy of Sue Hirschfeld |
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| Detailed drawing of the Hayward fault as it crosses
Cal Memorial Stadium.
Photograph courtesy of Sue Hirschfeld |
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| Photograph of the interior of the stadium, looking north from
the south end. The sense of motion on the Hayward fault is
such that the west half of the stadium (left side of the photograph)
is moving north relative to the east side.
Photograph courtesy of Sue Hirschfeld |
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| Visitors (geologists!) at the stadium, examining the displacement
along the expansion joint at the south end of the stadium.
the south end. The tower visible beyond the edge of the stadium
is International House.
Photograph courtesy of Sue Hirschfeld |
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| Photograph of the displacement in the expansion joint. Some of
this displacement is due to creep along the Hayward fault, while some
is due to differential settling. Approximately 13 inches of
offset is observed at the top of the stadium.
Photograph courtesy of Sue Hirschfeld |
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| Photograph from the top of the Stadium,
looking down from the south end. The metal bar
joins two sections of the Stadium across the
expansion joint at the Hayward fault.
Photograph courtesy of Lea Suzuki and the San Francisco Chronicle |
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| Another view of the offset in the south end of
the Stadium. This photograph was taken from outside
of the walls, looking up.
Photograph courtesy of Lea Suzuki and the San Francisco Chronicle |
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Cal Memorial Stadium was currently rated 'poor' in its seismic safety performance as part of the SAFER Program at UC Berkeley. The estimated building repair cost is over $14,000,000. for the stadium alone - and over $1 billion for retrofitting all the buildings on campus.
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