Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a cinder cone. A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low ...

The colossal Axial Seamount, one of the most active and best-monitored underwater volcanoes in the world, could erupt in a ...

The Axial Seamount is an underwater volcano located around 300 miles off the coast of Oregon in the US. Scientists believe it ...

That's largely because it is a shield volcano, which generally do not have very explosive eruptions. What's more, the seismic activity around it is too minimal to cause a tsunami or a major ...

Situated along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a chain of undersea volcanoes extending between Oregon and Alaska, Axial Seamount is a young shield volcano - a broader volcano with a low profile.