Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jonathan Stewart
Professor
Sabol-Scott Term Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 4731K Boelter Hall
- jstewart@seas.ucla.edu
- (310) 206-2990
Faculty Information
Research and Interests
Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Engineering Seismology
Notable Publications and Books
In the News
- 150+ Earthquakes Rattled California This Weekend. Is The ‘Big One’ Coming? | Desert Sun, September 2026
- 130+ People Killed After Massive Earthquake in Colombia | NBCLA, August 2026
- Deadly Earthquake Hits Colombia | CBS Los Angeles, August 2026
- Fault line stress could increase earthquake risk in LA, study shows | Daily Bruin, July 2026
- Why the Ground Beneath You Can Make an Earthquake More Deadly | Straight Arrow News, July 2026
- L.A. is Awash in Potholes After Record Rains, Making Commutes Ever More Treacherous | LA Times, January 2026
- Geologist Discusses Landslide That Likely Caused Gas Line Rupture in Castaic | ABC7 Los Angeles, December 2025
- US Earthquake Safety Relies on Federal Employees’ Expertise | The Conversation, March 2025
- Pacific Palisades Home Survives Fires Only to be Destroyed by Landslide | KCAL News, January 2025
- California Hospitals Scramble on Earthquake Retrofits as State Limits Extensions | LA Times, October 2024
- A Fresh Roadside Pit Revealed a Dramatic Shift in the Ganges. Scientists Say They’ve Traced the Cause | CNN, July 2024
- Earthquake Map Shows Biggest Global Tremors in 2024 So Far | Newsweek, May 2024
- What Would Happen if The 'Big One'Hit California? | Dailymail.com, April 2024
- BBC World News with UCLA Prof. Jonathan Stewart | BBC News, September 2023
- CNN Interview with Prof. Jonathan Stewart on Morocco Earthquake | CNN, September 2023
- Recent SoCal Landslides Spark Insurance Concerns for Homeowners | KCAL NEWS - CBS NEWS Los Angeles, July 2023
- Years of Warnings and Inaction in Turkish City Destroyed by Earthquakes | Washington Post, March 2023
- NOW Tonight March 1 | NBC News NOW, March 2023
- Los Angeles News and Talk Station (97.1) | KNX-AM, March 2023
- Civil Engineer Jonathan Stewart on the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria | MyScience, February 2023
- Research Group Studying Massive Earthquake in Turkey for Similarities to California | CBS News Los Angeles, February 2023
- Turkey Earthquake | Voice of America TV, February 2023
- NOW Tonight – Feb. 13 – NBC News NOW | NBC News NOW, February 2023
- Fact check: False Claim That Turkey Earthquakes Were a Man-made Attack on Kurdish People | USA TODAY, February 2023
- The Earthquake: One of Strongest to Hit the Region in More Than 100 Years on the East Anatolian Fault | KFBK News Radio, February 2023
- Engineer Explains Earthquake Damage to Buildings in Turkey, Syria | Weather Channel, February 2023
- In Turkey and Syria, Outdated Building Methods All But Assured Disaster from a Quake | npr, February 2023
- Needs to Prioritize Weaknesses in Infrastructure | Spectrum News SF Valley, February 2023
- Why Hospitals Are Struggling to Meet Earthquake Safety Deadline | CalMatters, January 2023
- In this episode, the team discusses earthquakes | I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies, September 2022
- Coast Guard: Pipeline damage that caused California oil spill likely happened months ago | USA Today, October 2021
- Oil pipeline damage may have happened months before the massive oil spill | NPR News, October 2021
- California pipeline likely damaged up to a year before spill | AP News, October 2021
- Small crack in pipeline may have delayed oil spill detection | ABC News, October 2021
- Southern California hasn't had a big earthquake since 1857. Here's what would happen if a mega earthquake hit California. | Business Insider, September 2021
- Ground and Satellite Observations Map Building Damage After Beirut Explosion | Seismological Society of America, April 2021
- KNX In Depth: A California variant of COVID-19 worries scientists—Wealthy people find a new way to skip vaccine lines—The pandemic creates a shortage of research monkeys | KNX 1040 NewsRadio, at 16:52-20:47 February 2021
- 50 years ago, the Sylmar earthquake shook L.A., and nothing’s been the same since | Los Angeles Times, February 2021
Education
- Ph.D. (1996), University of California, Berkeley
- M.S. (1992), University of California, Berkeley
- B.S. (1990), University of California, Berkeley
Awards and Recognition
- Member of National Academy of Engineering
- Member of UC Seismic Advisory Board
- 2016: William B. Joyner Memorial Lecturer, Seismological Society of America (SSA)