The USGS and its partners monitor and report earthquakes, assess earthquake impacts and hazards, and perform research into the causes and effects of earthquakes (U.S. Geological Survey 2023).
Scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect the quality of life (USA 2010-19).
Scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. The online resources include lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching (K-12), 2010
The interactive world map can be toggled to show the different types of tectonic plate boundaries and their locations, as well as the global distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes (Geological Society of London 2019).
Learn about the major types of volcanoes, the geological process behind eruptions, and where the most destructive volcanic eruption ever witnessed occurred. (5 minutes / National Geographic 2020)
This site provides access to imagery from the Landsat Program, a satellite program run by NASA and the US Geological Survey that has focused on observing Earths land surfaces since its start in 1972 (USA 2019).
William Smith (1769-1839) was a land surveyor, mineral prospector, and geologist best known for creating the geological map of England and Wales in 1815. (2019)