Earthquake Sensors At Farallon Islands Upgraded As Part Of ShakeAlert Network Improvements

CBS San Francisco

March 7, 2024

A seismic sensor station on the remote Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco was upgraded with new sensors in January and February, according to an announcement from the University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory.

The sensors are part of a greater network that is being upgraded with funding from the state and the U.S. Geological Survey and will help complete a seismic detection network covering the entire Pacific coast.

Known as "ShakeAlert," the network utilizes 1,675 sensors from UC Berkeley, USGS, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Washington, and the University of Oregon. The digital seismic network feeds data to the publicly available MyShake app, designed to be an early warning system for imminent earthquakes.

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