Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, one of the most fascinating volcanoes in the world is ...

Perched on a hot spot along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the volcano is steadily inflating with magma, raising  the frequency of ...

Scientists are studying Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano, to improve their eruption prediction models due to its ...

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one ...

Axial Seamount sits at a geological crossroads, fueling some of the most intense undersea action in the region.

An underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon is displaying signs of a potential eruption, UW researchers found.

A deep-sea volcano 300 miles off the Oregon coast is showing strong signs it may erupt soon, researchers at the University of ...

The Axiel Seamount is one of a chain of undersea volcanoes along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, which runs along Oregon and Alaska.

Hotspot volcanoes are common on the seafloor. But Axial Seamount also happens to be located on the Juan de Fuca Ridge — an area where two massive tectonic plates (the Pacific and the Juan de ...