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Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake in Japan

Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake in Japan

The USGS has up-to-date details on the September 5, 2018 event.

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Moving Mountains: Elwha River Still Changing Five Years After World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project: More than 20 million tons of sediment flushed to the sea

Moving Mountains: Elwha River Still Changing Five Years After World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project: More than 20 million tons of sediment flushed to the sea

Starting in 2011, the National Park Service removed two obsolete dams from the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, Washington. It was the world’s...

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The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group Aids in Monitoring and Mapping the Kīlauea Volcanic Eruption

The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group Aids in Monitoring and Mapping the Kīlauea Volcanic Eruption

Interagency drone pilots from the USGS, Bureau of Land Management, and Office of Aviation Services, and four data managers, join the USGS Hawaiian...

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Scientists Discover New Clues to Mount St. Helens Unusual Location

Scientists Discover New Clues to Mount St. Helens Unusual Location

The atypical location of Mount St. Helens may be due to geologic structures that control where deep magmas can rise through the crust, as suggested by...

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USGS scientists travel to Seven Mile Island in New Jersey to conduct nearshore geophysical survey

USGS scientists travel to Seven Mile Island in New Jersey to conduct nearshore geophysical survey

USGS SPCMSC personnel Jennifer Miselis (Research Geologist), Julie Bernier (Geologist), Nancy DeWitt (Geologist), Andy Farmer (CNT), Jake Fredericks...

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USGS Responds to Hurricane Lane

USGS Responds to Hurricane Lane

Editor’s note: This article will be updated online with more information on the USGS response to Hurricane Lane as it becomes available.

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Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake in Venezuela

Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake in Venezuela

The USGS has up-to-date details on the August 21, 2018 event.

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USGS and Army Corps of Engineers conduct simultaneous measurements at Sandy Neck beach, Cape Cod, MA

USGS and Army Corps of Engineers conduct simultaneous measurements at Sandy Neck beach, Cape Cod, MA

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping (AIM) group conducted drone flights from atop a dune at Sandy Neck (Cape Cod)...

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USGS announces awards for 2018 earthquake monitoring and research in the United States

USGS announces awards for 2018 earthquake monitoring and research in the United States

The U.S Geological Survey announces that the agency has awarded more than $20 million in 2018 for earthquake monitoring and applied research.  

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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff teach the teachers

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff teach the teachers

 Meagan Gonneea, Neil Ganju, and Matt Arsenaualt, Woods Hole Costal and Marine Science Center staff offered presentations and handouts on Natural...

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Mapping Extreme-Value Geoelectric Fields

Mapping Extreme-Value Geoelectric Fields

To help mitigate magnetic storm interference on electric power grid operations, extreme-value geoelectric fields have been mapped across the mid...

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New instruments installed to measure Arctic coastal erosion

New instruments installed to measure Arctic coastal erosion

In July 2018, three USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center researchers installed instruments and hosted a community outreach event.

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