NewsEarthScientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025Real-time data from Axial Seamount provides a good test case for eruption forecasting 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 UniversityBy Rachel BerkowitzDecember 27, 2024 at 9:15 amAn undersea volcano is likely to erupt sometime in 2025.This much advance notice is a big deal, because forecasting eruptions more than hours ahead is pretty unique, says geophysicist William Chadwick. But 470 kilometers off the Oregon coast and over a kilometer beneath the waves, a volcano known as Axial Seamount ticks all the boxes that hint at imminent activity, Chadwick and his colleagues reported December 10 at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C.