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 ...

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

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

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 volcano, named Axial Seamount, sits on the Juan de Fuca Ridge about 300 miles off the coast of Astoria, Oregon. In the ...

Driving the news: The seamount has erupted several times over the last three decades — in 1998, 2011 and 2015 — and each time ...

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

NEWPORT, Ore. — Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, scientists are keeping a close watch on a very active underwater volcano. The Axial Seamount volcano is located about ...

You’ve probably heard of famous Northwest volcanoes like Mount St. Helens or Mount Hood. But did you know the region’s most active volcano is at the bottom of the ocean, 300 miles off the ...

The Axial Seamount (pictured), about 300 miles off the Oregon Coast, has making the news lately, with scary headlines about an imminent eruption. Never fear, check out the Axial Seamount blog, which ...

Don’t be too hard on yourself if you’ve never heard of the Northwest’s most active volcano. It has no national park or ski area named after it. Its heights grace no city’s skyline.