{"id":46785,"date":"2025-10-31T12:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46785"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:54:47","slug":"axial-seamount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/axial-seamount\/","title":{"rendered":"Axial Seamount"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Axial Seamount Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Axial Seamount underwater volcano near the Oregon coast could erupt soon, scientists have warned, following the detection of more earthquakes in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Axial Seamount<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>underwater volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located about <\/span><b>300 miles off the coast of Oregon, United States,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>shield volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a <\/span><b>summit marked by a large <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ong-valley-caldera\/\" target=\"_blank\">caldera<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It rises to a depth of 1400 m below sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>formed by a hot spot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an area in the Earth\u2019s mantle where hot plumes of molten material rise into the crust.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located <\/span><b>on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>boundary between the Pacific and Juan de Fuca tectonic plates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The volcano is <\/span><b>home to hydrothermal vents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, underwater hot springs where seawater is heated by magma and ejected in mineral-rich plumes.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>These vents support diverse marine life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including microbes that use volcanic gases for energy, forming the basis of an ecosystem that includes giant tubeworms, spider crabs, clams, fish and octopuses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>known eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Axial Seamount\u2019s <\/span><b>eruptions are not dangerous to people <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on land, they offer valuable <\/span><b>opportunities for scientific observation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and hosts the <\/span><b>world\u2019s first underwater volcanic observatory called New Millennium Observatory (NeMO)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NeMO provides real-time data originating from Axial through a variety of undersea cables to a shore station in Pacific City, Oregon.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/trending\/rumblings-5-000-feet-below-sea-near-oregon-threaten-underwater-giant-to-wake-up-1761815191966\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axial Seamount is an underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, United States, in the Pacific Ocean. 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