No damage was reported.

Dave Burwell, an oceanographer with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was "pretty large" and initially estimated to have a magnitude of 5.6. The U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on Hawai'i later adjusted the magnitude to 5.0

The quake occurred at 9:15 a.m. local time and originated 14 miles southwest of the Lo`ihi Seamount at a depth of 9 miles.

It came two days after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake centered below the ocean hit 49 miles north of Hilo. No injuries were caused by that quake.

This morning's quake is the fifth earthquake recorded in Hawai'i with a magnitude of 5 or greater since January 2000.

Before Friday's quake, The last magnitude-5 earthquake was at 12:06 a.m. on May 13, and was centered offshore near the Lo'ihi seamount and about 27 miles from Na'alehu on the southeast side of the Big Island.

For eruption updates and information on recent earthquakes in Hawai'i, visit Web site for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at hvo.wr.usgs.gov.