Mover Mike

Scientists have discovered a volcano on the floor of the North Atlantic about 90 miles south of Iceland.

The structure...rises about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) above the surrounding sections of the (Mid-Atlantic) ridge, coming within 1,300 feet (400 meters) of the surface.

At its base the volcano is approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) across. The peak contains a depression known as a caldera that is 6 miles (10 kilometers) wide.

That so large a structure could go undetected for so long "indicates how little is known about the seafloor," said (Ármann) Höskuldsson, (a University of Iceland volcanologist who was part of the international team that discovered the volcano last summer.)

Here's the tie to Oregon. So much of the earth is covered by water that "...ocean scientists studying a swarm of earthquakes off the Oregon coast are having a hard time pinning down the temblors' source, because much of the seabed is poorly mapped.

BTW, the fifth earthquake in one day was a 3.8!

MAP 3.8 2008/04/22 15:54:07 43.011 -126.109 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON

Oregon Earthquake Mover Mike