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Pacific Ocean Volcano 300 miles from Oregon can break out for the first time since 2015

An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon could break out at the end of this year, according to scientists.

The volcano, known as the axial sailor, is more than 4,900 feet under the Pacific Ocean and 300 miles from the Côte de l’Oregon, but it shows signs that it will soon break out for the first time since 2015.

The volcano is formed by a hot spot, an area of ​​the terrestrial mantle where the hot plumes of melted equipment rise up in the crust, said the blog blog of the University of Washington in an April blog article. While the crust moves on top of the mantle, the hot spot remains in place, which results in long chains of volcanoes over time.

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Axial sailor

The regional cable table extends throughout the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate, from the coast of Oregon to the top of the Axial Submarine Mount at 300 miles offshore. (Oceanic observation initiative via the University of Washington)

“More than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface have been formed by volcanic eruptions in these mid-Océan crests,” said Maya Tolstoy, marine and dean geophysicist of the University’s environment. “The Axial Mariount is the direct result of these fundamental processes which continue to shape our planet today.”

The eruption does not present a danger, scientists said.

“Axial Mountrowount is far too deep and far from the shore so that people on earth even notice when it bursts. An eruption with axial Mous-Witchount has nothing to do with the seismic activity on earth, therefore the northwest of the Pacific does not need to worry about this event triggering a earthquake or a major tsunami,” said the post of blog.

The first sign of an eruption in the volcano will be a sharp increase in the number of earthquakes surrounding it, indicates the post.

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An imagery of axial sailor

The microbes and their waste circulate from this “snow flower” vent on the axial submarine mountain three months after its eruption in 2011. (Oceanic observatories initiative via Washington University)

“The volcano has already exceeded the inflation that we observed in 2015, but the activity of the earthquake is still quite low,” said Deborah Kelley, professor at the Uw School of Oceanography and director of the regional range of cables. “We see 200 to 300 earthquakes per day, with a few peaks of around 1,000 per day due to the tides. If what we learned in 2015 is correct, I would expect to see more than 2000 per day for a few months before the eruption.”

The earthquakes will be caused by the magma moving towards the surface, indicates the post.

A graph showing the activity of the earthquake to axial customs of custom at low tide.

Earthquake activity with axial tips at low tide. (Oceanic observatories initiative via Washington University)

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“This period lasts about an hour, then the magma reaches the surface,” said William Wilcock, a professor at the Uw School of Oceanography. “The lava flows spread over the caldera and the cracks filled with lava open in the north or south, reaching up to 40 kilometers (about 25 miles).

“The seismic activity goes out fairly quickly in the coming days, but the eruption will continue slowly for about a month.”

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