B737-700
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 608
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
On arrival into BUR; we were at 8;000 ft. Controller gave us a 'Descend and maintain 4;000 ft.' Pilot Flying set 4;000 ft. and we began descent. At about 4;500 ft.; we said to each other this doesn't look right. We were about to query ATC when we got a terrain alert. We began to comply with the alert starting a climb. ATC also at that time issued a terrain alert and to maintain 5;000 ft. We had a visual on terrain in front of us and it was no factor; as we were already climbing. We were given a phone number. ATC on the phone call (on the ground) apologized and admitted fault (after listening to the tapes) of giving us an incorrect (too low) altitude.I've been into Burbank VERY MANY times. I know that 4;000 ft. was too low for that segment. We were on the last leg of a long day; however; I felt alert and didn't feel fatigue was an issue for me personally. We were distracted by a few other items and we were also in moderate turbulence. It was the Controller's fault; but I should have noticed the problem sooner.
B737 First Officer reported ATC assigned too low altitude resulting in a EGPWS Terrain Alert.