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An active underwater volcano in the the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast is predicted to erupt in 2025. Here's what to know.
Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, could erupt for the first time since 2015, spewing “very fluid lava” into the sea where scientists were recording more ...
A volcano eruption near Oregon is brewing — but don't panic about Axial Seamount. The undersea volcano has been attracting attention for months as scientists prepare for an eruption they expect ...
The Axial Seamount, located 300 miles off Oregon's coast, shows signs of eruption. Experts assure it won't affect land or ...
An underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount has shown signs of a possible eruption off the coast of Oregon. Volcanologist ...
During Axial Seamount's last eruption in 2015, an enormous amount of magma poured out of the volcano, including one lava flow that was about 450 feet thick, according to researchers.
The Axial Seamount volcano is located nearly a mile beneath the sea approximately 300 miles off the Oregon Coast, just west of Astoria and along the Juan de Fuca Ridge.
Because Axial Seamount is so far from shore and so deep, humans aren't expected to be impacted. But the impending magma flow generates pressure, heating sea water to more than 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
When Axial Seamount erupted in 2015, magma came out of the volcano.One of the lava flows was nearly 450 feet thick, according to scientists. Chadwick said that is “about two-thirds the height of ...
Axial Seamount is a fairly active volcano. Since the volcano’s observation began in 1997, it has erupted in 1998, 2011, and 2015. Axial Seamount is a hotspot volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and has ...