Axial Seamount - Wikipedia
Axial Seamount (also Coaxial Seamount or Axial Volcano) is a seamount, submarine volcano, and underwater shield volcano [3] in the Pacific Ocean, located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, approximately 480 km (298 mi) west of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
3,600-Foot-Tall Undersea Volcano Expected To Blow ... - Cowboy …
3 days ago · Submerged Seamount. Axial Seamount is a shield volcano along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a chain of undersea volcanoes extending between Oregon and Alaska. It is also one of the youngest known volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. Poland said Axial Seamount is similar to Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano, which is also a shield volcano.
Underwater volcano off the US coast could erupt at any moment
Axial Seamount rises from the Juan de Fuca Ridge, an underwater mountain range in the northeastern Pacific. At this ridge, the Earth’s crust pulls apart due to the motion of tectonic plates, allowing molten rock to rise up and shape new crust.
Axial Seamount - Global Volcanism Program
Axial Seamount rises 700 m above the mean level of the central Juan de Fuca Ridge crest about 480 km W of Cannon Beach, Oregon, to within about 1.4 km of the ocean surface. The 3 x 8 km Axial caldera opens to the SE and is defined on three sides by caldera walls up to 150 m high.
Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025
Dec 27, 2024 · But 470 kilometers off the Oregon coast and over a kilometer beneath the waves, a volcano known as Axial Seamount ticks all the boxes that hint at imminent activity, Chadwick and his colleagues...
An Undersea Volcano Near Oregon May Erupt in ... - Smithsonian …
Jan 9, 2025 · The Axial Seamount, located 300 miles from the state’s coast and one mile beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface, has been swelling at a steady rate for the past six months, with seismic activity ...
Axial Seamount - University of Washington
Axial Seamount is the most robust volcanic system on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and it is seismically, magmatically, and hydrothermally active. It is located on the Juan de Fuca spreading center and hosts three active hydrothermal fields (ASHES, CHASM, and CASTLE).
OR volcano: Axial Seamount underwater volcano projected to …
Jan 10, 2025 · 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, and 2015 .
Axial Seamount - Expeditions
Axial Seamount was the site of the world's first underwater volcano observatory called NeMO and has erupted most recently in 2015, 2011 and 1998. Because it is so active, Axial has been chosen as a key node on a new cabled observatory, which is part of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatory Initiative (OOI).
An underwater volcano is predicted to erupt off the Oregon coast …
3 days ago · Bill Chadwick, right watches underwater maneuvers during the most recent visit to Axial Seamount, in June, 2024. An Oregon State University scientist has predicted a volcanic eruption in 2025. But at about one mile under the ocean, the volcano isn’t considered a threat. Bill Chadwick is a Research ...