Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes Hawaii where hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate after a volcano eruption

Shane Turpin/seeLava.com via AP

• The US Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5.7 earthquake.

• The earthquake struck Hawaii's Big Island, where hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate after the Kilauea volcano erupted and spewed lava.

• USGS reported that the tremor of the earthquake was very shallow.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Hawaii's Big Island on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, just south of where the Kilauea volcano has been spewing flows of lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate.

The USGS said the tremor was very shallow - only 4.3 miles (7 km) deep - and centered 11 miles (17.7 km) southeast of Fern Forest.

The USGS said earlier the eruption of the volcano, one of five on the island, followed a series of earthquakes over the past week.

(Reporting by Sandra Maler in Washington, editing by G Crosse)

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