5 days ago · Part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the USGS began in 1879 to study the nation’s lands and resources. Today, we monitor, analyze, and predict Earth’s changing systems.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency. It collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific …

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In 2015, the USGS unveiled the topoView website, a new way to view their entire digitized collection of over 178,000 maps from 1884 to 2006. The site is an interactive map of the …

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Dec 4, 2025 · The United States Geological Survey put out a false alarm for a 5.9 earthquake east of Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning. "This was an errant earthquake warning sent out by …

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Dec 4, 2025 · 5.9 earthquake alert Thursday morning was a false alarm, USGS says ShakeAlert early warning system lit up more than 600,000 phones up across Northern California at 8:06 a.m.

Earthquake Photo Collections USGS and non-USGS collections of earthquake-related features and effects and shaking damage. Search Earthquake Catalog View historic seismicity, find …

The USGS is a primary Federal source of science-based information on ecosystems, land use, energy and mineral resources, natural hazards, water use and availability, and updated maps …