Axial Seamount is a young, 30 million-year-old undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. coast, and it’s expected to ...

An Oregon State University scientist has predicted a volcanic eruption in 2025. But at about one mile under the ocean, the ...

The Axial Seamount is not expected to threaten human population centres but it could help scientists forecast the eruption of ...

An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say. Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most ...

Axial Seamount off Oregon's coast is the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, about 300 miles offshore and just ...

Axial Seamount doesn’t pose a threat to humans, but observing what happens before and after its potential eruption could help ...

Unlike the Pacific Northwest’s steep-sloped Cascade volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens or Mount Hood that tend to explode ...

An underwater volcano named The Axial Seamount has shown growing signs of activity, which could lead to a potential eruption ...

The volcano, named Axial Seamount, sits on the Juan de Fuca Ridge about 300 miles off the coast of Astoria, Oregon. In the last 30 years, Axial has erupted three times — in 1998, 2011 ...

When the volcano erupts, it won't pose a danger. It has already erupted three times in the last 30 years, providing valuable information to scientists.

Thanks to a dense array of sensors on the volcano’s summit and flanks, scientists know that Axial Seamount has been swelling with magma and getting taller, a sign that it’s ready to go off.

The most active undersea volcano off the coast of B.C. and the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the Axial Seamount is primed to erupt before the end of 2025.Susan Merle/Oregon State University The most ...