HOUSTON - KBR (NYSE:KBR) has been awarded a Technical Support Services Contract by the U.S. Geological Survey with a $350 million ceiling to provide technical solutions for the Earth Resources ...

The USGS initially reported a 5.9 quake near Dayton, Nevada about 8 a.m. Moments afterward, the USGS deleted the event. The USGS said the first alert was a mistake and they were looking into it.

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 ...

USGS scientist Robert De Groot spoke to CBS News Bay Area about a recent earthquakes that have struck in and around the Bay Area, including two earthquakes that struck near Salinas and San Juan ...

During the first meeting of the Indiana Rare Earth Recovery Council, state, federal, and academic experts expressed the need for the United States to lead on the production and processing of rare ...

Part 2: The search to identify underground resources is often done from the sky. Here’s how that scientific magic happens Helicopters sporting long appendages are flying over some rural areas of the ...

Scientists have, for the first time, documented a tectonic plate collapse beneath another, offering a rare view into how Earth’s crust breaks apart deep below the surface. This slow, step-by-step ...