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Reston, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today that, with substantial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law...

Even space travelers need earthquake early warning

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 3 miles offshore in Northern California on December 20, 2022 at 2:34 am local time.

Translating earthquake science into engineering-based risk and loss assessments is an important tool for disaster management decision-making...

A new Science for Everyone web article: Before a volcano erupts, there are typically precursory activities that can be detected on seismometers. Thus...

The U.S. Geological Survey invites you to a Subduction Zone Science workshop in Seattle at the University of Washington from January 10-11, 2023.

A recently completed series of data publications led by the U.S. Geological Survey represents the first time the fault has been mapped using...

A new infographic summarizes great Alaska earthquakes and their related history for generating dangerous Pacific tsunamis.