A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how the continents were formed.

West Virginia may be on a three-game losing skid, but thanks to putting together an incredibly strong resume with wins over Gonzaga, Arizona, Kansas, and Iowa S ...

When you think of beautiful places in the South, images of moss-draped oaks in Georgia, or colorful row houses in South ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon researchers.

Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt soon.

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

By Stephen Smoot  West Virginia serves as one of the leading producers of energy in the United States, ranking fifth among all states in that category. Most associate West Virginia with coal and ...

The United States Geological Survey confirmed that an earthquake impacted parts of Ohio early Tuesday morning.

Bedford experienced a bit of shaking on Monday morning from an earthquake centered off the coast of York Harbor, ME.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New England on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Some people in Connecticut have reported feeling an earthquake recorded off the coast of Maine Monday morning, according to ...

The Attorney General of West Virginia is an elected position within the West Virginia state government. The attorney general is the chief legal officer for the state of West Virginia, providing legal ...