USGS

See also: USGs

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USGS

  1. (geology, US) Initialism of United States Geological Survey.
    • 2025 March 28, Nicola Davis, “What caused Myanmar and Thailand earthquake and how big was it?”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      According to USGS, the Myanmar quake occurred as the result of “strike slip faulting” between the India and Eurasia plates – meaning that these two tectonic plates rubbed sideways against each other.
    • 2025 May 20, Ella Nilsen, “Who is watching for earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis? Trump is cutting the guardians at the gate”, in CNN‎[2]:
      Teams of scientists from the USGS typically go out every summer to fix broken instruments or dig them out of deep snow.

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