US Geological Survey News

At the Azraq refugee camp site in Jordan, work begins laying roads on this large desert site, soon to be home to 130,000 Syrian refugees.

A report that includes several water withdrawal scenarios for the 2,000-foot sands of the Southern Hills Aquifer could be available for public review in three months or less.

Several beaches in northwest Indiana remain closed for swimming Tuesday after a substance was found in the water.

Great Lakes resource managers can now determine rivers that may be vulnerable to Asian carp spawning if they were to spread into the Great Lakes Basin, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report .

Joanna Dodder Nellans The Daily Courier COTTONWOOD - The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to cut their dues to a countywide and regional water group.

Dozens of beachgoers were ordered out of the water and away from a northwest Indiana beach on Monday afternoon after some swimmers were coming out covered in a slick, slimy substance.

Sydney, Australia - 17 June 2013: Latest high-quality Landsat-8 satellite imagery freely available from the U.S. Geological Survey provides enormous potential for innovation and applications.

The black sheen on newly sealed pavement -- whether your driveway, store parking lot or school playground -- is prompting a rising number of cities, states and businesses to ban a commonly used product.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Mexico on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and tremors were felt in Mexico City.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake was registered off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua around midday Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake was registered off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua around midday Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake was registered off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua around midday Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Seismologists in the United States said their equipment picked up a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on the Greek island of Crete Saturday.

It was late afternoon Thursday and Jim Limberakis, 60, was working at his Falmouth Harbor waterfront restaurant, The Clam Shack.

After more than $5 billion of investment into its beleaguered oil campaign off the northern coast of Alaska, Royal Dutch Shell , however, seems undeterred.

There is evidence of minor flooding in St. Lawrence County. Here's a shot of the green on the third hole at Meadowbrook Golf course near Winthrop on Wednesday afternoon, according to David Fenton of Potsdam, who sent this photo.

LONDON: A magnitude 6.7 quake struck in the Indian Ocean east-northeast of Christmas Island on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Dozens of frogs hopped from plastic containers into a mountain creek on Wednesday as researchers began a reintroduction effort that they hope can save the most endangered amphibian in California.

A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java late Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.