Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

Climate change is accelerating in New England, with the region warming faster than any other part of the United States. The ...

These giant rocks could roll at any moment. The fact they haven't offers a window into the shaking of ancient Earth.

The larger, 6.8-magnitude quake happened at 11:49 a.m. Cuba time about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, data from the ...

“The [magnitude] 6.8 earthquake [on Nov. 10] near Cuba occurred near or within the Septentrional-Oriente Fault Zone ,” ...

A South Texas earthquake near Pleasanton was felt from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and over to Falls City, marking a ...

Thanks to a $498,999 grant from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), David Boutt, professor in the Department of Earth ...

according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In response, the agency has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that provides a highly detailed, county-by-county picture of where ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

Scientists have detected unexpected activity in the high Arctic as the magnetic North Pole heads towards Russia in a way that has never been seen before. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Cuba at 11:49am this morning. Preliminary damage assessments are now under way. According to the US Geological Survey, the strong shake was centred 24 ...