US Geological Survey News

In this Sept. 2009 file photo, U.S. Geological Survey project geologist Doug Stoeser looks through a huge pile of waste rock from the Stillwater Mine in Nye, Mont.

Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and 2008 dropped at a rate that was almost three times as great as any time during the 20th century, U.S. officials said on Monday.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, followed by a series of strong after-shocks, the US Geological Survey reported.

In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo provided by the Alaskan Volcano Observatory, the Pavlof Volcano erupts as it's seen from the air near Cold Bay, Alaska.

A new U.S. Geological Survey study documents that the nation's aquifers are being drawn down at an accelerating rate.

WESTERN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT CENTER RELEASES NEW TRAINING MATERIALS May 20, 2013 Source: Western Integrated Pest Management Center news release To help keep pesticides out of water sources, the Western Integrated Pest Management Center recently created practical, hands-on training modules for agricultural applicators, professional urban ... (more)

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.

As part of a multiyear program of gas hydrate research in the Gulf of Mexico being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the U.S. Department of Energy, USGS researchers have obtained high-resolution seismic data and images of some known gas hydrate deposi....

'I just think we have an opportunity to be less rigid than the WAC. That rigidity has been part of the problem.' By Joanna Dodder Nellans Contributing Reporter COTTONWOOD - The Verde Valley members of the Yavapai County Water Advisory Committee have tacitly agreed to demands from Prescott and Prescott Valley to let them cut next year's membership ... (more)

March 2012 set records for warm temperatures that promoted early leafing and flowering across large areas of the United States, according to a news release from the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck 19 kilometers north of Southville, Ontario Friday at 9:22 am and was felt as far away as Montreal, Northern NY and Vermont the US Geological Survey reported.

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People on both sides of the border felt an earthquake originating around the Quebec and Ontario borders, the Canadian government said.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred at 9:43 a.m., centered in Shawville, Ontario.

Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas, according to a new study, but researchers said the geology there may be more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where shale gas drilling takes place.

A new study says natural gas drilling, or fracking, hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas but researchers say the geology there is more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where drilling takes place.

The Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana contain significantly more oil-and-gas resources than previously thought, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey reassessment.

U.S. topographic maps now have a crisper, cleaner design - enhancing readability of maps for online and printed use, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Fresh lava flows off Pavlof Volcano on May 13, 2013. The photo was taken from a plane at about 10,500 feet.

Since an earthquake rattled central Virginia and the East Coast nearly two years ago, more than 450 aftershocks have been recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey.