The U.S. on Monday proposed adding copper and potash among others to the draft critical minerals list for 2025, for their ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in Texas on Friday (August 22), according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean ...

Silver was added to hedge against a low-probability, high-impact disruption in Mexico, with the final list to be published in ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its ...

Following the opening of the new southern fissure, tiltmeters transitioned to showing deflationary motion typical of ...

A major, 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:16 p.m. Eastern, data from the agency ...

Several earthquakes occurred north of Coronaca, South Carolina early Saturday morning.As of 11 AM, the United States ...

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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) was founded on March 3rd, 1879, through an Act of Congress. At the time, the small staff was tasked with mapping public lands and hunting for minerals.