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.These maps—more than 178,000 of them ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has added more earthquake related visualizations for Google Earth. A couple of weeks ago they released a large collection of visualizations for GE as part of the ...

After years of trying to make paper maps work on computers, the U.S. Geological Survey wants digital maps to work like paper ones. “We’re trying to make the maps look and feel like the old ...

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Hundreds of millions of people across the U.S. live in areas prone to damaging earthquakes, a new map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows.

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

“Lava inundation zone maps for Mauna Loa, Island of Hawaii,” published by the U.S. Geological Survey as Scientific Investigations Map 3387, comprises 10 sheets (maps) and an explanatory pamphlet.