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What happens when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Puerto Rico and the public needs critical information? How does a mostly English-speaking science...

USGS Introduces a National Approach to Coastal Change Hazards (CCH) Science

A swarm of earthquakes southeast of the Salton Sea, in the Brawley seismic zone, began on Sept. 30, 2020.

Forecast last updated October 7, 2020 at 8...

Natural hazards have the potential to impact a majority of Americans every year. USGS science provides part of the foundation for emergency...

Originally Published by: The Daily News
By: U.S. Geological Survey Director James Reilly

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Over the past two decades, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has set up a camera network system to monitor visual changes at Kīlauea and...

Laura and Sally affecting Gulf Coast, waves from Paulette and Teddy to strike Atlantic beaches

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to...

Editor's Note: This updated story reflects the latest coastal change forecast for September 15, 2020.

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing...

Natural hazards have the potential to impact a majority of Americans every year.  USGS science provides part of the foundation for emergency...

The 2019 annual report of the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center highlights accomplishments of 2019, includes a list...