A minor, 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The 3.6-magnitude earthquake happened at 6:30 p.m. and was centered at the San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos. The quake was ...

News about United States Geological Survey, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

A preliminary 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Dublin Monday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

United States Geological Survey. USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in ...

D has been used as a pesticide since the 1940s, and gained notoriety as a component of Agent Orange, used by U.S. forces in ...

Scientists recently released research showing where groundwater is most at risk of contamination by orphan wells.

The U.S. Geological Survey notes that groundwater is the source of drinking water for about half of the total U.S. population ...

A preliminary 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning near the Northern California city of Redding, according to the ...

The journal Science has published a paper by Jen Pierce, a professor in the Department of Geosciences, and 19 co-authors from ...

Local scientists warn that the proposed federal cuts to the United States Geological Survey’s Ecosystem Mission Area — a ...

The USGS partners on this effort with the Michigan Geological Survey, the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, and many other state geological surveys.