The Latest Breaking News from USGS

Tsunami waves over a metre high hit central Japan on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes that damaged homes, closed highways and prompted authorities to urge people to run to higher ground.

The snakes have been slowly expanding their turf to the north, and growing larger in the process.

At least 116 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble in freezing conditions.

Opponents tell judge that sediment runoff from police campus violates Clean Water Act and thus project should be halted

Move is bad news for local environmental groups, whose motion to halt construction will be heard on 15 November

NASA is flying the agency's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft over the American Southwest in order to map deposits of minerals that are critical for electronics manufacturing.

Earthquake occurred near the Texas-New Mexico border and effects were also reported in New Mexico

Quake hit outside of Sacramento

Shallow quake hits Afghanistan’s Herat City

Unusual 6.3 magnitude quake strikes NW of Herat, Afghanistan. Occurred due to thrust faulting near Hindu Kush Mt. range. Followed by 30 min later quake of same intensity. Half-dozen aftershocks. Oct 11 saw another 6.3 magnitude quake. Caused by horizontal compressive stresses, one block moves up relative to other. Occurred…

Over 2,000 killed, 1,240 wounded in devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan's Herat province