The United States Geological Survey (USGS) celebrated the 50th dedication anniversary of its headquarters in Reston on July 12. USGS is the sole scientific agency of the United States government ...

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake on Guam with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 at 12:57 p.m. Tuesday, but didn't raise any tsunami threat. There were no injuries and ...

USGS monitoring of nutrients and sediment in the Bay’s tributaries provides important ground-truthing of whether pollution reduction practices adopted by watershed states are achieving the ...

The publicly available dataset, released by USGS in December 2023, is the latest compilation and includes well descriptions, dates, rock properties, physical properties of the water, organic ...

Pacific Island nations Tonga, Vanuatu and Tuvalu are reported to be facing US travel bans, but officials say they are yet to learn why.

One hundred years ago, on June 23, 1925, a mountainside in the Gros Ventre Range in northwest Wyoming collapsed, unleashing one of the largest landslides in North America‘s recorded history.

Trump officials plan to destroy a critical government program they probably know nothing about You may not know about it either, but the program helps keep people — and animals — in good health.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands.

Two days after the U.S. Geological Survey reported a quake near Strawberry, the agency recorded another tremor in the same area.

The prime ministers of Tonga and Vanuatu say they're seeking clarity from the US government over possible new travel bans.

The governments of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have announced their commitment to create a massive multinational Melanesian Ocean Reserve. If implemented as envisioned, the reserve would ...

USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in drilling without justifiable demand.