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USGS: Laura to strongly affect Texas, Louisiana beaches and barrier islands

USGS: Laura to strongly affect Texas, Louisiana beaches and barrier islands

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Laura, visit www.usgs.gov/laura

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USGS predicts Gulf beach erosion from Marco, gets set to measure storm effects

USGS predicts Gulf beach erosion from Marco, gets set to measure storm effects

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision makers before, during and after Tropical Storm Marco, visit www.usgs.gov/marco

This...

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Barry Arm Landslide and Tsunami Hazard

Barry Arm Landslide and Tsunami Hazard

A large steep slope in the Barry Arm fjord 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Whittier, Alaska has the potential to fall into the water and...

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Salton Sea Earthquake Activity Returns to Normal Levels

Salton Sea Earthquake Activity Returns to Normal Levels

Reduced activity for the swarm of earthquakes beneath the Salton Sea that began on August 10, 2020.
Last update: 08/14/2020 12pm Pacific

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Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina

Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near Sparta, North Carolina August 9, 2020 at 8:07 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Seismic instruments indicate the...

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Low lake water, dry conditions in Newberry caldera the cause of increased sulfur smells?

Low lake water, dry conditions in Newberry caldera the cause of increased sulfur smells?

Field crews set up temporary gas monitoring sensors and sample hot springs and seeps, soils, and areas where sulfur smells were reported. Preliminary...

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USGS Field Crews Document Isaias' Effects Along Atlantic Coast

USGS Field Crews Document Isaias' Effects Along Atlantic Coast

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision makers before, during, and after Hurricane Isaias, visit the USGS Hurricane Isaias...

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USGS Field Crews Document Isaias’ Effects Along Atlantic Coast

USGS Field Crews Document Isaias’ Effects Along Atlantic Coast

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision makers before, during, and after Hurricane Isaias, visit the USGS Hurricane Isaias...

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A Research Retrospective: Offshore Fault Mapping of the San Andreas

A Research Retrospective: Offshore Fault Mapping of the San Andreas

Study of New Offshore Fault Mapping Related to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake:  In 2019, for the first time ever, scientists comprehensively mapped...

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USGS Works to Predict and Track Isaias' Effects

USGS Works to Predict and Track Isaias' Effects

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision makers before, during and after Tropical Storm Isaias, visit https://www.usgs.gov...

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Isaias Likely to Cause Extensive Erosion on S. Carolina Beaches

Isaias Likely to Cause Extensive Erosion on S. Carolina Beaches

Wave-driven flooding behind dunes unlikely on SE Atlantic coast, USGS predicts

This news release was updated August 3 based on the latest coastal...

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Auroras and Earthquakes: Strange Companions

Auroras and Earthquakes: Strange Companions

In a win-win situation for both seismologists and space physicists, a cheap magnetometer at a seismic station can result in better seismic data for...

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