Welcome to the Oregon Hazards Lab
Using Science, Technology, and Community Engagement to Understand, Detect, and Mitigate Multi-Hazards within the Pacific Northwest
223+
Seismic Monitoring Stations
63+
Wildfire Detection Cameras
$22M+
Funding Since 2020
2018
Year OHAZ Was Founded
28
OHAZ Staff
8
Student Researchers
The Oregon Hazards Lab is a research lab within the University of Oregon's Department of Earth Sciences. We currently partner in these efforts:
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Along with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington, we monitor ground motion to better understand earthquake and volcano hazards and their impacts on communities in Oregon and Washington.
ShakeAlert® Earthquake Early Warning System
Since 2014, the Oregon Hazards Lab has been an instrumental partner in building and promoting the U.S. Geological Survey’s earthquake early warning system.
Wildfire Detection Cameras
With hundreds of mountaintop cameras installed throughout the western United States, this high-speed wildfire detection network provides firefighters and first responders a new way to spot and track wildfires.
Wildfire Smoke Sensors
As part of a partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, we deployed 30 smoke sensors across Western Oregon in 2023 and tested their effectiveness at detecting emerging wildfires.
Sage Continuum
We are building a continent-spanning network of smart sensors to improve the flow of information between scientists and the natural world.
Willamette Watershed Project
The Oregon Hazards Lab is developing resilient communications infrastructure for the Santiam, Sisters, and McKenzie River corridors that will support a natural disaster monitoring and alerting network.
News from the Oregon Hazards Lab
Attend a ShakeAlert EPIcenter Partnership Meeting
Want to learn how your museum, park, or library could use ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning technology? Join the ShakeAlert EPIcenter Partnership! OHAZ Communication Specialist Kelly Missett will explain how to integrate ShakeAlert into free-choice learning environments at the February EPIcenter meeting.
Oregon Hazards Lab Designs Portable Wildfire Camera
This fall, the U.S. Forest Service reached out to the Oregon Hazards Lab with a request: Could the lab design and build a portable, solar-powered, wildfire detection camera that could be packed into a remote location and deployed in response to a new wildfire?
Oregon Hazards Lab Newsletter – November 2023
In the November 2023 edition of our newsletter, we share about new wildfire detection and awareness technologies, our growing partnership with the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center, and the ShakeOut earthquake preparedness drill. Email ohaz@uoregon.edu to subscribe.