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Learn About USGS Hazards Science and More About National Preparedness Month: The very nature of natural hazards means that they have the potential to...

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

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

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

Researchers from NOAA, U.S. Geological Survey and their partners have completed the first high-resolution, comprehensive mapping of one of the fastest...

Better performance and new features: landslides and liquefaction estimates, population map layer, Spanish Did You Feel It?, and aftershock forecasts.

A model developed by researchers at Indiana University and the USGS can help experts address such risks by estimating the likelihood of landslides...

Magnetic measurements made during low-altitude airplane flights conducted for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Survey reveal...

Why was an earthquake in Virginia felt at more than twice the distance than a similar-sized earthquake in California? The answer is one that many...

USGS collaborates with key academic, state, local, and industry partners to provide a new look at what could happen during a major earthquake in the...