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Axial Seamount Swells: Eruption Alert for Oregon's Volcano

1/29/2025

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Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano off the Oregon coast, is showing signs of an impending eruption, with rising magma causing it to swell. Scientists are closely monitoring the site, which experiences hundreds of daily earthquakes, to enhance eruption predictions. Its history of eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015 underscores its importance for volcanic research.

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Axial Seamount, an active underwater volcano off the Oregon coast, is showing signs of an impending eruption, with rising magma causing it to swell. Scientists are closely monitoring the site, which experiences hundreds of daily earthquakes, to enhance eruption predictions. Its history of eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015 underscores its importance for volcanic research.