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Bathymetric maps showing the islands and seamounts that make up the Mariana volcanic island arc (left) and the area of Ahyi seamount in the northern part of the arc (right). Susan Merle of NOAA's Earth-Ocean Interaction Program created these maps.

Volcano Watch: A new submarine eruption in the Northern Mariana Islands. Could it happen here?

Posted on 8:27 pm, Friday, May 2, 2014. Tags: , , ,

During the past week, we have been keeping a close watch on the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), as seismometers on the islands record high levels of seismicity from an undersea volcano near the island of Farallon de Pajaros.

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