A massive underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount could erupt soon, completely reshaping the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

Trending| Rising magma beneath this submerged peak has caused the volcano to swell, hinting at significant volcanic activity ...

Nestled 480 kilometers (300 miles) off the coast of Oregon, Axial Seamount is a hidden giant beneath the waves. This ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — A new study based on the sampling and analysis of volcanic ash at Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, located off Africa's northwest coast, suggests that the composition ...

Scientists have been studying the Axial Seamount for three decades. Scientists are predicting that a mile-deep volcano off the U.S. West Coast will erupt this year. The Axial Seamount, an ...

Located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean, the underwater shield volcano last erupted in 2015, following previous eruptions in 1998 and 2011. The volcano, first detected in the 1970s ...

"Axial is the most active volcano in the Northeast Pacific which maybe some people don't know, because it's hidden under the ocean," volcanologist Bill Chadwick told Jenn Chávezin in the Oregon Public ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes is back in action.The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks.The ...

Axial Seamount is an underwater shield volcano, so its eruptions are not explosive, like typical volcanoes on land. This beast will release a slow stream of lava across the seafloor, rather than ...

The Axial Seamount—a volcano located 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and a mile underwater—is slowly showing signs of an impending eruption. Although less well-known that other volcanic ...