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USGS map displaying potential to experience damage from a natural or human-induced earthquake in 2017

Can the National Seismic Hazard Maps be used as an earthquake forecast tool for the near future?

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Man with sunglasses, gas mask hanging from his neck and orange USGS hat with mountains in background.

Peter Kelly
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Joint USGS - GEM Group on Global Probabilistic Modeling of Earthquake Recurrence Rates and Maximum Magnitudes

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Overview of the ARkStorm scenario

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A woman in a hat and coat wearing a backpack stands on a tree-lined trail under a blue sky

Dawn Kotowicz, Ph.D.
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Map of shaking intensity southern California region

Update: Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake in Southern California

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A smiling woman stands in front of green shrubbery.

Jessica Jacobs
Presentations and Events
Thumbnail Image of April Public Lecture Opening Slide

PubTalk-04/2023: Gravity Never Sleeps - Landslide Science and Risk Reduction
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Snapshot of QFaults for the area including Yellowstone National Park

Snapshot of QFaults for the area including Yellowstone National Park
Featured Films and Shorts
Video of Earth with a glowing crack through it.

National Preparedness Month Spotlight on Earthquakes [Part 1]
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Seismotectonic Map of Afghanistan and Adjacent Areas

Presentations and Events
Understanding that science is a culture

PubTalk-02/2024: Using Communication Science to Communicate USGS Science

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World map showing the global distribution of earthquakes in gray scale.

Future Opportunities in Regional and Global Seismic Network Monitoring and Science

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A person in a USGS shirt stands by a monitor displaying maps of Puerto Rico with red and white lines indicating probabilities

USGS projects and resources for Puerto Rico were shared at the CariCOOS General Assembly

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The influence of hazard models on GIS-based regional risk assessments and mitigation policies

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Color photograph of scientist collecting sample of cooled and solidified lava from a recent eruption

January 16, 2026 — Collecting a sample of a recent Kīlauea lava flow in Halema'uma'u crater
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A USGS hydrologic technician attaches a storm tide sensor to a pier piling for Hurricane Dorian

USGS Scientists Document Hurricane Dorian’s Impacts

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USGS Hydrologist Christopher Schubert

Christopher E Schubert
Featured Films and Shorts
Earth in the background with words "Part Two: Will it happen "here"?

National Preparedness Month Spotlight on Earthquakes [Part 2]
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Three scientists in hats and life vests on a boat driving by a fort on the edge of a tropical island

Team of oceanographers in Puerto Rico | Equipo de oceanógrafos en Puerto Rico
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Woman with blue jacket and a white hat

Hannah R. Dietterich, Ph.D.
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Map showing trajectory of Hurricane Milton going across Florida

CCH Portal - Hurricane Milton
Infographics
Side-by-side images of the Tide gage structures before and after storm hardening

Tide Gage Storm Hardening
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Inventory of 227 postfire debris-flow volumes for 34 fires in the western United States

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Image shows a helicopter towing a hoop with mountains in the background

Airborne Geophysical Survey Helicopter in Nevada
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Gulf of America
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ocean with waves and sandy beach in front long deck with lounge chairs

CoastCam - Hurricane Helene
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Map of Puerto Rico landslide susceptibility with grey areas near the coast and colored areas in mountainous inland regions

Screenshot from the Puerto Rico Landslide Susceptibility Map

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social media post on USGS Coastal and Ocean Science

Coastal and ocean social media post
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calm ocean and sandy beach, sand filled a long deck

CoastCam - Hurricane Helene
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