Unified Interior Regions

A minor earthquake, preliminary magnitude 3.9 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, occurred about 5 miles west of Evansville, Indiana at 8:08 am local time (Central Standard Time). The earthquake was felt in parts of southern Indiana and western Kentucky. The USGS has received no reports of damage at this time.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey said today that the West Nile Virus can be transmitted from bird-to-bird in a confined laboratory setting. It had been thought that the virus was only transmitted through mosquito bites.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey in Madison, Wisc., confirmed today that West Nile Virus is on the move and is likely to head south.

The virus that can cause West Nile encephalitis in humans is not only found in crows, according to scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis.

While sulfur levels (an indicator of acidity) in rain and streams have declined at locations in Maine, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, the alkalinity of stream water has not recovered at sites in four of the five states according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior.

News Release Address: USGS A minor earthquake, preliminary magnitude 3.5 according to the U.S. Geological Survey, occurred in northern Illinois at 12:17 Eastern Daylight Time, or 11:17 local time today, Sept. 2. 

Lawns and streets contribute most of the phosphorus being transported from urban residential areas of Madison, Wisconsin, to Lakes Wingra and Mendota, according to a study recently published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior.

The mysterious brain disease responsible for the deaths of bald eagles and American coots in Arkansas has now been found in two species of ducks discovered dead at Woodlake, North Carolina, and in bald eagles and coots from three other southeastern states.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed statewide coverage of USGS Digital Orthophoto Quandrangles (DOQ’s) in Minnesota. The USGS, Minnesota Planning’s Land Management Information Center, and the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources supported an 8-year effort to complete the "Base Maps for the 1990’s" program in the State.

Arsenic levels exceeding U.S. standards for drinking water are present in numerous domestic drinking water supply wells distributed over nine counties in southeastern Michigan. U.S. Geological Survey scientist Dr. Allan Kolker will describe possible sources for these anomalously high concentrations during the Annual Meeting of the Geological society of America scheduled for Oct. 25-29 in Toronto,

Dr. Robert McLean has been named director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. McLean, who will assume his new duties in late July, will be responsible for overall Center management.