A minor, 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, ...

Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key ...

The USGS partners on this effort with the Michigan Geological Survey, the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, ...

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SACRAMENTO -- The California Geological Survey has released updated tsunami hazard maps for seven counties to help users determine whether they are in areas at risk for inundation and for planning.

It’s part of a U.S. Geological Survey initiative to map underground rocks that may contain rare earth minerals or pockets of. Log out Log in Register MyAccount SUBSCRIBE NEWSLETTERS.

A new U.S. Geological Survey national report points to the large amount of estimated undiscovered natural gas lying below federal lands in western Colorado, and two recent assessments zero in ...

Outfitted with an elongated “boom” and cruising at altitudes as low as 300 feet above the ground, the U.S. Geological Survey is raising awareness about the flights, which begin in May over the ...

The USGS will spend about a year processing the data once the survey is finished. Those maps and datasets will be made available here , on the Earth MRI website, where you can view the results of ...

The new geological data, along with geologic mapping by the Colorado Geological Survey and U.S. Geological Survey, will be combined to develop high-resolution, three-dimensional representations of ...