The new Cooperative National Geologic Map from USGS offers map layers including age, geomaterial, and original map source. Credit: USGS, Public Domain A new, precisely detailed map of the continental ...

Have you ever wanted to study the Moon’s surface in exacting detail? Now’s your chance. The USGS (with help from NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute) has released the first complete geologic map of ...

The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Lincoln, Montana on Thursday was the area’s strongest in 60 years. The tremors from this quake stretched for hundreds of miles across the state, and residents as ...

Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...

It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer. These maps—more than 178,000 of them—date back ...

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Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, according to a new United States Geological Survey map. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model ...