 Cal OES logo quick look OES news.com Berkeley is known for its close proximity to San Francisco and its eclectic downtown here 42,000 students attend UC Berkeley it's also here we're one of the most dangerous earthquake faults in America lies and the East Bay is doing its part to prepare for the next big one this much we know California is overdue for a catastrophic earthquake what we also know is seismologists are unable to predict when and where the earthquake begins to simulate the haywire scenario depicted what would happen if a 7.0 earthquake struck on the Hayward Fault in that scenario the USGS estimates around 800 deaths 18,000 injuries thousands of rescue missions and thousands of people would be displaced what this really gives us is a detailed look at what those impacts would be with real numbers that have been researched and that's important because as an office like Cal OES we're in charge of mobilizing first responders and other agencies to come in and and help support the communities and in their life safety actions and in the recovery stretching 52 miles along the Hayward Fault winds through cities such as Berkeley Oakland Hayward and Fremont 2 million people live on the fault the haywire scenario is a wonderful framework for us to understand the true risk when you think about earthquakes the it always seems to be something that is a long distance away that doesn't touch homes that doesn't touch individuals but I think what today's really showed us is that this is something we all need to be concerned about when the risk is real and it's very present from high above the football stadium at UC Berkeley the fault line can be seen with a discolored seam on the turf near the end zone that same fault that runs through the campus would cause significant damage to critical infrastructure utilities and businesses once it erupts as much work as we've done with resilience and hardening of our facilities we really can't disaster-proof everything we can't earthquake-proof everything so it's important for for communities to know for for businesses that that operate here that we are going to have these disruptions there are things they can do to be more ready for that how businesses prepare for and respond in the aftermath of an earthquake is imperative in terms of a community resilience for a company that is invested in its mitigation and preparedness it's going to be more resilient and that it's going to be able to recover faster get back to business faster preparedness is a multifaceted investment earthquake early warning continues to make progress for providing notifications and alerts to the public for impending earthquakes those extra seconds could allow for life-saving measures like drop cover and hold on the investment in readiness really pays off a lot for other hazards because it is California and we face a lot of things we faced a lot of things last year with floods and wildfires and you know and this is yet another hazard but getting ready for it can really span all of those things Memorial Stadium here at UC Berkeley has been retrofitted to withstand a massive earthquake home owners and businesses are doing the same because here in California it's not a matter of if an earthquake strikes but a matter of when for Cal OES I'm Jonathan Goodell visit our online newsroom at OES news calm to learn more about this program and get the latest news and information from our team don't miss our next video on your Facebook timeline like our page and you'll get the latest posts as they happen if you're an Instagram user you can see the latest snapshots by following our Cal OES Instagram account and Twitter users can get instant access to our tweets from across the state by following Cal OES.