Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...

USGS released its most detailed national geologic map, offering layered views of geology beneath the Earth’s surface across the lower 48 states. The Cooperative National Geologic Map integrates data ...

It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer. These maps—more than 178,000 of them—date back ...

For the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey released maps identifying potential ground-shaking hazards from both human-induced and natural earthquakes. In the past, USGS maps only identified ...

FEMA officials inspect a construction vehicle that went off the road on a section that had just been cleared of 15 feet of dirt from a landslide in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, on Feb. 13, 2018. (FEMA/K ...

A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA’s health reference level. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped for the first time ...

March 23, 1769 marks the birthday of pioneering stratigrapher William Smith, who is also credited with creating the first useful geological map, however like many other great accomplishments also ...