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Seismic Hazard Zones, Oakland West

Oakland West seismic hazard map
Map from California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology. Final version released February 2003.

This map shows areas susceptible to soil liquefaction (green) and landsliding (blue) for most of the central city of Oakland. Yerba Buena Island is on the left edge, Alameda island is at the bottom, and Lake Merritt is at the right edge. Background and supporting information for this map is at the CDMG website.

See the full-size image of this map (1600x2500 pixels, 460 KB)

Click here for the Oakland East map. For the northern part of Berkeley and Albany, click here.

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