The Latest Breaking News from USGS

Satellite images show major cities on the U.S. East Coast, including New York City, are sinking. This has caused concern among scientists.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 rocked central Japan on Monday, leading to a tsunami warning for the country's western coast, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Read further on Dynamite News:

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…