Overview

• Axial Seamount, located 300 miles off Oregon's coast and nearly a mile underwater, is showing strong eruption indicators, including increased seismic activity and seafloor inflation.
• Scientists report hundreds of daily earthquakes around the volcano, consistent with patterns observed before its past eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015.
• The volcano’s remote location and depth ensure no risk to human populations or noticeable effects on land, even during a significant eruption.
• Hydrothermal vent ecosystems near the volcano, which are scorched during eruptions, have shown rapid recovery within months in past events.
• Researchers plan to livestream the next eruption, using Axial Seamount as a natural laboratory to refine eruption prediction models without human safety concerns.