Somewhere beneath the iron-rich bedrock of Minnesota, Kansas, and the southern Appalachians, water is reacting with ancient ...

A loud boom was heard and felt across the Midlands on Thursday.

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A U.S. Geological Survey analyst at a premier science lab told investigators that tight deadline pressures and short staffing drove the faking of several thousand test results, records obtained by E&E ...

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Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to implement drought measures when streamflows are low, alert local authorities of floods, help ...

Rising temperatures caused the southern side of Hallett Peak to begin moving about 20 years before it collapsed in full view of hikers and climbers in 2022, a U.S. Geological Survey report recently ...

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning in Pottawatomie County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued — and then quickly withdrew — an erroneous alert on Thursday morning that claimed a magnitude 5.9 earthquake had struck near Nevada. The false alert, which went ...

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The USGS initially reported a 5.9 quake near Dayton, Nevada about 8 a.m. Moments afterward, the USGS deleted the event. The USGS said the first alert was a mistake and they were looking into it.