Seismologists Discover Hidden Faults Beneath One of the U.S.'s Biggest Earthquake Hotspots ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

From two laptops on a table in his Española apartment, Kenneth Jones II monitors a tapestry of seismic activity more than a ...

Map of the overflight areas in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and nearby northern Wisconsin. (U.S. Geological Survey) LANSING — In the summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) operates and maintains approximately 200 laboratory facilities that support monitoring, analysis, and research on pressing societal questions associated with energy ...

USGS released its most detailed national geologic map, offering layered views of geology beneath the Earth’s surface across the lower 48 states. The Cooperative National Geologic Map integrates data ...