Where's the Hayward Fault?

About This Website Where's the Hayward Fault? A Green Guide To The Fault
Home Field Trip Locations Map Introduction to the Hayward Fault Thumbnail Gallery Glossary Selected References		Introduction to This Guide This on-line field-trip guide was compiled to help commemorate the 140th anniversary of an estimated M 7.0 earthquake that occurred on the Hayward Fault at approximately 7:50a.m. on October 21st, 1868. Although many reports and on-line resources have been compiled about the science and engineering associated with earthquakes on the Hayward Fault, this report has been prepared to serve as an outdoor guide to the fault for the interested public and for educators. The first section is a general overview of the geologic setting of the fault. This is followed by ten field trips to selected areas along the fault, or in the vicinity, where landscape, geologic, and man-made that have relevance to understanding the nature of the fault and its earthquake history can be found. Click here for a location map of field trip destinations. A glossary is provided to define and illustrate scientific term used throughout this report. Why a “Green Guide” to the Hayward Fault? A “green” theme helps conserve resources and promotes use of public transportation, where possible. Although access to all locations described on this website is possible by car, alternative suggestions are provided (and in most cases, recommended!). This guidebook is only available on-line; however, select pages or chapters (field trips) within this guide can be printed separately to take along on an excursion. It would take many days to visit all the locations shown in this field guide. Symbol Designations These symbols are used on selected web pages to highlight information for transportation access or web-page features (see Transportation and Photography web pages). Table of Contents Field trips location map Introduction to the Hayward Fault Fieldtrips Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Contra Costa College Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island U.C. Berkeley and Berkeley Hills Monclair Village Oakland Hills Oakland Zoo-San Leandro-Fairmont Hospital Downtown Hayward Downtown Fremont Mission San Jose-South Fremont Take A Virtual Tour of the Hayward Fault This website contains large format images for on-line viewing, but also contains the same images without interpretive information, and 3D photographs—images that require red-and-cyan 3D viewing glasses to get the stereographic effect. All images on the website are ideal for on-line viewing, printing, or projecting, such as in a classroom Powerpoint presentation. A WWW search on “3D glasses” will yield many distributors of red-and-cyan viewing glasses ranging from simple, inexpensive paper-frame glasses to high-end frame glasses with glass lenses. Small format images of all maps and photographs on the website are accessible on the Thumbnail Gallery web pages (in standard photography or 3D formats).