Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, the volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only discovered its existence in the 1980s.

Naturally, the scientists are drawing the conclusion that another eruption will follow this seafloor swelling, meaning this underwater volcano is likely to erupt in 2025.

The volcano, which now stretches some 800 meters off the seafloor, didn’t even exist six months prior, and reports from island residents paint a clear picture of when it was created.

A volcano in the Pacific Northwest is showing signs of re-awakening. The Axial Seamount is a mile-wide underwater volcano that sits 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than 4,900 feet below ...

An underwater volcano off the West Coast is predicted to erupt at any moment, and the world can watch it happen live. Axial Seamount, located roughly 300 miles off Oregon's coast on the Juan de ...

Scientists working alongside the U.S. Coast Guard have discovered a 1,640-foot-tall (500 meters) structure that looks like an underwater volcano off the coast of Alaska. The structure may be ...

Axial Seamount, a submarine volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, could erupt for the first time since 2015, spewing “very fluid lava” into the sea where scientists were recording more ...

About 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, an underwater volcano appears to be rumbling to life.. Scientists who have been monitoring the vast submarine volcano for decades say a flurry of recent ...

Underwater volcano poses no threat to people. Since this volcano is well off the coast and deep underwater, it won’t pose any threats to humans. It is about one mile underwater.

Axial Seamount is a massive underwater volcano about 300 miles off the Oregon coast and nearly 4,900 feet below the ocean. It could erupt in 2025. Skip Navigation ...