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Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025

Real-time data from Axial Seamount provides a good test case for eruption forecasting

A heat map image of the ocean floor shows bloblike circles of red, yellow, and blues fading out from the volcano's center.

A 3-D bathymetric (seafloor) map of Axial Seamount in July 2014 shows lava flows from previous eruptions. Red indicates lava at the highest elevation above the seafloor, while dark blue at the edges shows where lava flow was thinnest.

Susan Merle/Oregon State University

By Rachel Berkowitz

An undersea volcano is likely to erupt sometime in 2025.