Massive underwater volcanoes are slipping into a highly active fault line in the Pacific Ocean, but scientists are baffled as to what the effects of the phenomenon will be.

Incredible new images reveal how tectonic action is dragging huge volcanoes into the Tonga-Kermadec Trench, a fault line which runs north from New Zealand towards Tonga and Samoa, BBC reported.

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