The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the ...

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 ...

The Dominican Republic is on the northern edge of the Caribbean tectonic plate, bordering the North American one. This ...

The earthquakes both struck at a shallow depth of approximately 10 kilometers, or about 6 miles below the surface.

The USGS has unveiled a new interactive map that descriptively shows rocks across the U.S. as it pushes efforts to standardize resources.

The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake that struck Monday morning off the coast of Maine was felt in at least nine states, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports. Thousands of reports poured ...

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, according to USGS. Tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on an edge ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in Argentina Tuesday northeast of Aconcagua, data from the United States Geological Survey ...