And spend most of their time dormant, but Axial has a fairly active supply of magma, Chadwick told local CBS affiliate KOIN 6 News.
Therefore, it is expanding and preparing for the next eruption if it is not exploding. And for that reason, we’re always keeping an eye on its progress.
“Axial Seamount has definitely erupted many times before those events, and eruptions were documented in 1998, 2011, and 2015,” Poland said.
William Chadwick, a geophysicist at Oregon State University, began studying the volcano in November 2024 after seeing that its surface had risen to about the same height.
As it had before its most recent eruption ten years before. Chadwick and his colleagues were able to foresee the 2015 eruption based on the swelling that had already taken place.
They concluded that Axial Seamount would erupt before the end of 2025 based on their findings this time. “Our current eruption forecast window is between now (July 2024).
