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Axial Seamount
April 30, 2015
Seafloor sensors record possible eruption of underwater volcano
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Sensors on the ocean’s floor installed by UW researchers show that late on April 23, a seismic event took place on the 3,000-foot underwater volcano off Oregon’s coast.
July 22, 2011
The cable has landed: Ocean science history in the making — with slideshow
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Submarine cables for the nations first regional cabled ocean observatory, a project led by the University of Washington, made landfall last week on the Oregon coast.