If you’ve never heard of the Axial Seamount, you’d be forgiven. But the underwater volcano has made national news recently after research suggested it is likely nearing its first eruption in 10 years.

The most active underwater volcano in the North Pacific Ocean is primed to erupt in an event that could help scientists fine tune their understanding of what triggers volcanic activity. About 470 ...

Axial Seamount is a large, young volcano located at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, about 480 kilometres west off the Oregon coast. Following its discovery in 1970, the volcano has become the site of ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage. It was a record-breaking blast that swept the world — several times over, as it turns out. A little over two years ago, the most ...

Two large earthquakes have struck off the coast of Oregon, just miles from the summit of a massive underwater volcano expected to erupt at any time. The US Geological Survey (USGS) announced that a ...

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 active ...

Quirks and Quarks19:09The aftermath of a record-smashing volcano: Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai two years later It was a record-breaking blast that swept the world — several times over, as it turns out. A ...