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| No worries: Mile-wide volcano set to erupt off the West Coast this year as scientists reveal 'balloon keeps getting bigger' |
| 2025-01-27 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Axial Seamount, a massive underwater volcano located nearly 300 miles off the Oregon coast, is showing signs of an imminent eruption. This 3,600-foot-tall volcano, which spans 1.25 miles across and sits 4,626 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean's surface, is currently experiencing significant swelling and rumbling, indicating a buildup of magma. Volcanologists predict an eruption before the end of 2025, but despite its activity, scientists remain unconcerned. Mike Poland, a scientist at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, expressed excitement about this event, highlighting Axial Seamount as one of the world's best-monitored submarine volcanoes. 'This particular volcano is probably the best-monitored submarine volcano in the world,' he told Cowboy State Daily. 'It's fascinating and doesn't really pose a hazard.' Situated along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a chain of undersea volcanoes extending between Oregon and Alaska, Axial Seamount is a young shield volcano - a broader volcano with a low profile. Its resemblance to Mauna Loa, Earth's largest active volcano, and the typical non-explosive nature of shield volcano eruptions, lessens the concern among volcanologists about the imminent eruption. 'When Axial Seamount erupts, it'll look a lot like a Hawaiian lava flow eruption,' he said. 'It's not an explosive eruption, but calm effusions of lava flowing out of the caldera and across the seafloor.' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 One massive volcanic eruption will (should) make all of the tree huggers forget about "man-made CO2" and electric vehicles and snail darters. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-01-27 22:10 |
| #10 Earthquake off coast of Maine shakes Northeast |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-27 14:21 |
| #9 Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles Idaho with shaking reported in Boise |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-27 14:20 |
| #8 Now, now. Kilauea is a shield volcano on Hawaii's Big Island that is also currently erupting, or at least has been erupting recently, without earthquakes of any note or tsunamis. The sulfur dioxide gets into the air and causes what the locals call "vog" which is irritating for some and the lava flows often result in a great deal of property damage. But the flows move slowly giving people a chance to flee. Submerged shield volcanoes are famous for growing into islands of which the Hawaiian Island chain is probably the most famous. A new island off the Oregon coast would be interesting. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2025-01-27 11:58 |
| #7 Well the Chinese can build their little islands but watch this. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-01-27 11:29 |
| #6 😎 |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-01-27 11:10 |
| #5 Re #2: Grom, someone once said "If G*d doesn't destroy Los Angeles and San Francisco soon, He owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology." |
| Posted by: Rambler 2025-01-27 09:32 |
| #4 Going to be damn hard to find a virgin in California to sacrifice to the volcano god. The down side of rampant pedophilia out there. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-27 07:19 |
| #3 Gawd, along with nearly everyone else. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-01-27 07:04 |
| #2 ^G*d is upset with California?😀 |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-01-27 06:32 |
| #1 Promises to produce a sizeable Wave and Earthquakes. Wonder how long before Insurance companies quit writing policies for the Coastal areas? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-01-27 06:22 |