Many UC Berkeley buildings pose risk of death in a major earthquake, report says

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UC Berkeley, the oldest of the University of California’s 10 campuses, says that at least 62 of its buildings are seismically deficient and pose either a serious or severe risk to life in the event of a major earthquake.

, which houses the math, statistics and economics departments and is within sight of the university’s iconic Campanile clock tower.

Retrofit standards have significantly improved since the 1990s, and today’s computing technology allows engineers far better tools to identify flaws in a building’s design, Filippou added. Doe Memorial Library was retrofitted in the 1990s with the addition of concrete walls. But a new analysis says that the library may require additional strengthening.

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