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Browse through a list of USGS newsletters that cover news, topics, and related activities from the Natural Hazards Mission Area Programs and across the bureau.

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Groundwater discharge impacts marine isotope budgets.

Groundwater discharge impacts marine isotope budgets.

Groundwater is an important pathway for materials to flow from land to sea. This is particularly true for materials that are concentrated in...

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Geologic Origins: Tracking geologic change along Cape Cod

Geologic Origins: Tracking geologic change along Cape Cod

Rob Thieler, Center Chief of the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, contributed to the January 8, 2021 article, Cape Cod: Shipwrecks, Dune...

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Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Awareness

Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Awareness

Post-wildfire hazards in Colorado can be as dangerous as the fires themselves.

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Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake in Croatia

Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake in Croatia

The USGS has up-to-date details on the December 29, 2020 event.

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Kīlauea Volcano Erupts

Kīlauea Volcano Erupts

Shortly after 9:30 p.m. HST on Sunday, December 20, an eruption occurred within Kīlauea’s summit caldera. This is an evolving situation. To get up-to...

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USGS Reducing Risk Website

USGS Reducing Risk Website

The Reducing Risk website under the USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area showcases the USGS Risk Plan and pulls together research and activities from...

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Follow Earthquake Tweets

Follow Earthquake Tweets

The USGS launched a new social media account (@USGS_Quakes) run by earthquake scientists and staff to "provide context for significant earthquakes and...

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2019 Ridgecrest, California Earthquake Sequence Geonarrative

2019 Ridgecrest, California Earthquake Sequence Geonarrative

A new geonarrative (Esri Story Map) summarizes the USGS response and findings after the M6.4 on July 4 and M7.1 on July 6, 2019 in Searles Valley...

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Rapid-response seismic reflection survey to identify the fault sources of the southwestern Puerto Rico seismic sequence

Rapid-response seismic reflection survey to identify the fault sources of the southwestern Puerto Rico seismic sequence

Intense seismic activity started in southwestern Puerto Rico on December 28, 2019 and is continuing to the present time.

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Coastal Change Mapping and Research in Alaska

Coastal Change Mapping and Research in Alaska

USGS studies coastal change along Alaska’s 66,000 miles of complex coastline - which stands as a tremendous resource to the Nation.

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