Chuck Darwin<p>Oregon’s most active underwater volcano could erupt this year, <br>according to a prediction recently shared by scientists. </p><p>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/Axial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Axial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seamount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seamount</span></a>, <br>located 300 miles from the state’s coast and one mile beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface, <br>has been swelling at a steady rate for the past six months, <br>with seismic activity totaling hundreds of earthquakes per day, <br>according to an Oregon State University blog that chronicles eruption predictions of the sea volcano.</p><p>In November, scientists were tipped off about the possibility of an imminent explosion <br>when Axial’s surface swelled to nearly the same height it had risen to in 2015<br>—just before it last erupted.<br><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-undersea-volcano-near-oregon-may-erupt-in-2025-scientists-predict-it-could-help-improve-eruption-forecasts-180985796/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/</span><span class="invisible">an-undersea-volcano-near-oregon-may-erupt-in-2025-scientists-predict-it-could-help-improve-eruption-forecasts-180985796/</span></a></p>