So 1 inch measured on the map would be the equivalent of 250,000 inches in the real world. Most USGS maps are either 1:24,000, also known as 7 ½ minute maps, or 1:62,500, known as 15 minute maps (the ...

Don't Miss: Benjamin Mirus, a research geologist with the USGS who worked on the project, said, “This new national landslide susceptibility map addresses an important but difficult question ...

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For this the geological ... minute by 60 seconds. Thus one minute is equal to 1 nautical miles (1.852 km or 1852 metre) and second equals to 30.86 metre. The whole earth is divided by 90 latitude ...

Helene was the worst-case scenario for the Black Mountain and Swannanoa area, according to the National Weather Service.

The Commission on Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience wants access to the federal Integrated Public Alert and Warning ...

The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude ... Survivors said it took two minutes for the shaking to stop. The second quake - triggered by the first - had a magnitude of 7.5, and its ...

The onshore quake hit the island of Tapat in the Molucca sea at a depth of 10km at 10.24am local time (3.24am GMT), USGS said. There were no immediate re Shallow 5.8-magnitude quake hits eastern ...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris was pressed on issues including the Middle East, Ukraine, gun ownership and immigration during a one-on-one interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes. The recorded ...

A state commission created in the wake of last winter's severe storms is finalizing its first report on how Maine can prepare for and recover from extreme weather events made more frequent and more ...

“Areas that had never seen flooding were flooded within minutes,” Old Orchard Beach ... a marine geologist with the Maine Geological Survey. “We need more information in terms of a ...