It just got way, way easier to search and browse the US Geological Survey’s collection of historical topographic maps, thanks to a new online map viewer.

A search for the words “Gulf of America” in the USGS map viewer Monday evening pointed to Alaska. Elsewhere on the website, the USGS variously referred to the body of water as the Gulf of ...

N early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

Nearly 75% of the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, could experience a damaging earthquake sometime within the next century, USGS study finds.

A new Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-ready topographic-map-style template is now available from the USGS National Geospatial Program.

USGS For centuries, there was one thing California offered that other states just didn’t have. No, we're not talking great fish tacos or giant sequoias—it's frequent earthquakes. But a new map ...

A new map showing the risk of landslides nationwide is based on research from a University of Cincinnati professor. The US Geologic Survey (USGS) map published last week uses a database created by ...

Witness reports came from as far away as Charlotte (85 miles east), Monroe (116 miles east) and Atlanta, Georgia (190 miles ...