COURTESY USGS This map shows the location of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Hawaii island early Tuesday morning. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the southeastern flank of Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

A new study suggests the seismic energy traveled outward from a previously unmapped fault, emanating from the hypocenter in ...

A map has been published which documents a city's history over hundreds of years. An Historical Map of Ripon, published by ...

The USGS has revealed than around 71 to 95 million Americans may rely on groundwater supplies with detectable levels of PFAS.

According to estimates from a new USGS predictive model, exposure to certain PFAS chemicals may pose health risks. An estimated 71 to 95 million people in the contiguous United States—over 20% of the ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Federal and state researchers confirmed the enormous size of the lithium deposit in southern Arkansas, known as the Smackover ...

A Bermudian scientist who dedicated most of her life to studying fossils has been celebrated after she stepped down from the Natural History Museum in London. Jill Darrell took centre stage when ...

What if the U.S. Geological Survey said there’s enough lithium beneath Arkansas to meet the global demand for car batteries ...

Gideon Futerman was visiting the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in the summer when he spotted Google's car-mounted ...

A helicopter dangling a massive, hula hoop-shaped sensor will soon be carrying out low-level flights above the High Desert as part of a USGS survey.