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To help mitigate magnetic storm interference on electric power grid operations, extreme-value geoelectric fields have been mapped across the mid...

In July 2018, three USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center researchers installed instruments and hosted a community outreach event.

Researchers from NOAA, U.S. Geological Survey and their partners have completed the first high-resolution, comprehensive mapping of one of the fastest...

Better performance and new features: landslides and liquefaction estimates, population map layer, Spanish Did You Feel It?, and aftershock forecasts.

Imaging a fault to learn more about tectonic plate motion and improve understanding of hazards

The public can now access information about active wildfires across the country using a smartphone.

Twenty-five middle-school girls from Washington and Oregon are participating in the fourth annual “GeoGirls” outdoor volcano science program at Mount...

A model developed by researchers at Indiana University and the USGS can help experts address such risks by estimating the likelihood of landslides...

USGS scientists produced an animated GIF in coordination with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) re-opening of State Highway 1...

USGS scientists combined a series of computer models to forecast cliff erosion along the Southern California coast.