Ascension island is more than meets the eye

The tip of a Volcano

Just east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge plate boundary

Mag4.9 Earthquake north of Ascension Island on August 10 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island

Comfortless Cove

Photo by Ben Tullis from Cambridge, United Kingdom
https://www.flickr.com/people/7573630@N04

This is an active seismic zone-

There was a Mag 6.3 quake North of Ascension Island on Wednesday, 23 October 2019

GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE VOLCANIC ISLANDS,VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H. M. S. BEAGLE,

BY CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S.

http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F272&viewtype=text&pageseq=1

Monday August 10 2020, 23:25:14 UTC

26 minutes ago north of Ascension Island

Mag 4.9 ~ 10.0km deep