The volcano, formerly called Loihi Seamount, is about 22 miles off the Big Island’s southeastern coast and will one day become the youngest of the Hawaiian Islands when it finally grows tall ...
But there are several bigger underwater mountains. The world's largest seamount is technically Hawaii's dormant volcano Mauna Kea, according to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The seamount’s most recent eruption was in 1996 ... Ashton Flinders, research geophysicist for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said the volcano’s most recent activity was on Jan. 21, when ...
The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.
MORE: Kilauea volcano erupting in remote area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park But using the Axial Seamount and the underwater "natural" laboratory to learn how to forecast volcanic eruptions is ...