In June this year, the site recorded an extraordinary 2,000 earthquakes in a single day, a clear indicator of increasing seismic activity. This follows a pattern observed in previous eruptions in 1998 ...

The big picture: Still, researchers are keeping their eyes on the volcano because it offers them a chance to study eruptions.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Axial Seamount is the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest, sitting 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and nearly a mile underwater in the Pacific Ocean, along the ...

An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon captured the media’s interest earlier this year when scientists predicted it ...

Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames consuming around half of the structure and spreading to others nearby.

Hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon, Deb Kelley watched a pod of dolphins swim past the research vessel Atlantis as the ...

The Axial Seamount, located along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, is the most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific and ...

In June, scientists at Oregon State University recorded more than 2,000 earthquakes in a single day near the site, indicating ...