USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground features. Here’s how to use it.

FEMA officials inspect a construction vehicle that went off the road on a section that had just been cleared of 15 feet of dirt from a landslide in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, on Feb. 13, 2018. (FEMA/K ...

This past summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and ...

Damage prediction, with red as the most severe, if there was a magnitude 7.0 quake along California's Hayward Fault. (USGS map) The USGS, along with approximately 60 partners, released a new fact ...

The U.S. Geological Survey released new earthquake hazard maps for the nation on Thursday, boosting the risk of seismic damage up and down the Northern California coast — especially for tall buildings ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has published a new set of maps to observe the destruction caused by Hawaii’s Volcano Kilauea. The government agency continues to publish maps at a fast cadence as they ...

USGS deleted a false alert that wrongly reported a 5.9 Nevada quake, saying no earthquake occurred and the cause of the error ...

A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA’s health reference level. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped for the first time ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near Carson City in western Nevada could produce heavy shaking in the region. But ...

Louisiana's map is set to shrink again next year as federal officials recognize the ongoing effects of sea level rise on the ...

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