US Geological Survey News

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.

The quake, which was originally reported with a magnitude of 3.9 but was quickly upgraded, struck at 1 p.m. six miles south of Rancho Palos Verdes and seven miles southwest of San Pedro, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft onboard is seen as it launches on February 11, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

This is the cover of GSA Special Paper 494: New Perspectives on Rio Grande Rift Basins: From Tectonics to Groundwater.

A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.

Smoke drifts south in this image of Al Basrah, located in southeastern Iraq, captured by the Landsat mission on April 4, 2003.

Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North America, according to a new study.

There are new charges that the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey falsified data to make a local oyster farm look bad.

Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have been forced to shut down stations that provide real-time tracking of eruptions and forgo repairs of seismic equipment amid ongoing federal budget cuts - moves that could mean delays in getting vital information to airline pilots and emergency planners.

This undated image from the Alaska Vocano Observatory shows Geologist Kristi Wallace, left, and Scientist-in-Charge John Power in the AVO operations room.