Hawaii’s largest active volcano on the planet hit by magnitude 5.0 earthquake

Published October 15, 2022 12:14pm ET



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.

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