A volcano in the Pacific Northwest is showing signs of activity with an eruption imminent. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide underwater volcano that sits 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more ...

For much of 2025, an underwater volcano off the Oregon coast was treated as a geological ticking clock, with forecasts suggesting it could erupt at almost any moment. Instead, the year is ending ...

In 2025, it was expected that the underwater volcano Axial Seamount would erupt. This did not happen. Now, experts are claiming 2026 is its year. Located approximately 300 miles off the Oregon coast, ...

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The Regional Cabled Array spans the entire Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, from the Oregon coast to the summit of Axial Seamount 300 miles offshore.

Axial Seamount, the most active underwater volcano on the Pacific coast, is approaching a new eruption after nearly a decade of calm. Located 480 kilometers off the coast of Oregon, the volcano is ...

Volcanic eruptions are significant geologic hazards. Underwater volcanoes are challenging to study, yet they play an integral role in marine geology and may cause destructive tsunamis that can ...