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The volcano is thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, so it poses no danger to people. But under all that water, a ...
The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...
A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the ...
They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal.” ...
Axial Seamount, a mile-wide underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, is showing signs of an imminent eruption. The volcano ...
An underwater volcano situated 300 miles off the Oregon coast is getting closer to erupting for the first time in 10 years.
Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is significant because it sits atop the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the region where ...
Perched on a hot spot along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the volcano is steadily inflating with magma, raising  the frequency of ...
A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the ...
One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one day. Here’s what scientists are saying.
Volcano poses no risk to people Axial Seamount ... Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist and research professor at Oregon State University, along with colleagues from the University of Washington and ...
A massive underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, 300 miles off Oregon’s coast, may erupt soon after over 1,000 daily quakes and ...