June 18, 2025

Axial Seamount

Current Context: Scientists are closely monitoring the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located approximately 300 miles off the Oregon coast, due to signs indicating a potential eruption—the first in a decade.

About Axial Seamount:

  • Location: Situated on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a tectonic plate boundary in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Geological Features: A shield volcano characterized by a large caldera and hydrothermal vent systems.
  • Eruption History: Previously erupted in 1998, 2011, and 2015, making it the most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific.
  • Scientific Significance: Hosts the world’s first underwater volcanic observatory, NeMO, as part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
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