A minor, 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 5:16 p.m. Pacific time about 3 miles west of ...

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Guatemala on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological ...

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In late June 2025, an ancient city covering several square miles was discovered beneath Wyoming's Horse Peak mountain. In ...

D has been used as a pesticide since the 1940s, and gained notoriety as a component of Agent Orange, used by U.S. forces in ...

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, ...

Footage from an active volcano and a geological attraction have been stitched together and misrepresented online as showing ...

The USGS partners on this effort with the Michigan Geological Survey, the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, and many other state geological surveys.

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

Eruption viewing areas within the national park are unaffected, but there can be decreased air quality in communities ...

In geology, even small layers can tell big stories. But figuring out the origins of such small layers can be a challenge, ...