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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a new study published today, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of...

Significant strides in science have been made to better understand potential ground shaking from induced earthquakes, which are earthquakes triggered...

MENLO PARK, Calif.— Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning...

MENLO PARK, California — Los teléfonos móviles y otros dispositivos electrónicos personales podrían ayudar en las regiones donde se encuentran en uso...

The U.S. Geological Survey expects to award up to $7 million in grants for earthquake hazards research in 2016.

A new California earthquake forecast by the U.S. Geological Survey and partners revises scientific estimates for the chances of having large...

Reactivated faults that have produced thousands of Oklahoma earthquakes are capable of causing larger seismic events, according to U.S. Geological...

MENLO PARK, Calif.— A paper published today in Science provides a case for increasing transparency and data collection to enable strategies for...

A new study to examine how people who live downwind of Kīlauea Volcano cope with volcanic gas emissions, or vog, is currently underway.

RESTON, Va.-- Aftershocks from the 2011 Virginia earthquake have helped scientists identify the previously unknown fault zone on which the earthquake...