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 ...

Somewhere beneath the Great Plains, water is reacting with iron-rich rock and quietly producing hydrogen gas. No factory. No ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated ...

New maps released by the U.S. Geological Survey reveal that 7 million people are now living in areas at high risk for earthquakes. Not naturally occurring earthquakes but man-made – induced by oil and ...

The Cooperative National Geologic Map offers a complete and detailed look at the bedrock and fault systems of the continental United States. The first geological map of the United States was published ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has published a new set of maps to observe the destruction caused by Hawaii’s Volcano Kilauea. The government agency continues to publish maps at a fast cadence as they ...

The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Lincoln, Montana on Thursday was the area’s strongest in 60 years. The tremors from this quake stretched for hundreds of miles across the state, and residents as ...

An earthquake and 15 aftershocks have struck a remote stretch of southern Nevada near the highly restricted Area 51 military ...