5.0 Earthquake Hits During Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Unrest

5.0 Earthquake Hits During Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Unrest
A map shows the location of a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that struck Hawaii's Mauna Loa on Oct. 14, 2022. USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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HONOLULU—A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on the planet that scientists say is in a “state of heightened unrest.”

Smaller aftershocks followed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.