A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say. Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, the ...

The volcano is not very well-known among the public because scientists only discovered its existence in the 1980s. Since its discovery, the volcano has erupted three times-in 1988, 2011, and 2015.

The Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano located about 700 miles northwest of San Francisco, could erupt by the end of this year, according to scientists. Discovered in the 1980s, Axial Seamount is the ...

Smoke billows from the mouth of Mt. Shasta like a thunderous cough. Within moments, clear skies turn gray, and the sun vanishes behind thick, shifting layers of volcanic gas and ash. Visitors snap ...

Southern California has many treasures, but believe it or not, nothing like this hidden gem. When most of us think of volcanoes, we think of molten lava spewing up from the earth and melting ...

Mount Shasta, a steep-sided Cascade Range stratovolcano in Northern California, looms above Little Glass Mountain, a thick obsidian flow erupted from the Medicine Lake shield volcano about 1,000 years ...

Mount Shasta, a steep-sided Cascade Range stratovolcano in Northern California, looms above Little Glass Mountain, a thick obsidian flow erupted from the Medicine Lake shield volcano about 1,000 years ...

LOS ANGELES — A mysterious and highly active undersea volcano off the Pacific Coast could erupt by the end of this year, scientists say. Nearly a mile deep and about 700 miles northwest of San ...

Rong-Gong Lin II is a Metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bay Area native is a graduate of UC Berkeley ...