Elevated seismicity at Kamaʻehuakanaloa did not impact other volcanoes or any infrastructure on the Island of Hawaiʻi. The ...
Axial Seamount is a young, 30 million-year-old undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. coast, and it’s expected to ...
Axial Seamount off Oregon's coast is the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, about 300 miles offshore and just under a mile beneath the ocean waves.
The islands, atolls, and seamounts in PMNM were created by the same hot spot in the Earth's crust that formed the Hawaiian islands. NOAA said PMNM seems to be home to some of the most beautiful ...
Unlike the Pacific Northwest’s steep-sloped Cascade volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens or Mount Hood that tend to explode ...
Axial Seamount’s magma forces its way out as fluid lava that flows down broad, gentle slopes much like at volcanoes in Hawaii or Iceland. From the surrounding seafloor to its summit, Axial ...