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Tsunami evacuation planning in coastal communities is typically based on maximum evacuation zones that reflect a combination of all potential extreme...

New strides have been made toward quantifying how geomagnetic storms can interfere with the nation’s electric-power grid systems.  

A recent study looks at the impact of climate change on certain fish in Wisconsin lakes. 

A possible explosion of magnitude 5.3 occurred in North Korea on September 9, 2016 at 00:30:01 UTC (9:00 am local time).

By: Jessica Fitzpatrick

 By Elizabeth Jacobsen 

A team of USGS scientists spent 10 days in the wilderness, exploring one of the fastest-moving faults in America

MEDIA ADVISORY: Faculty and students from California State University, East Bay, U.S. Geological Survey scientists, and community volunteers are...

By Heather Dewar

Revisions follow standard USGS re-analysis