On 6 November 2016 , around 7:44 pm , a 5.0 Mw earthquake rattled north-central Oklahoma . The quake was centered one mile west of Cushing . It was the sixth 5.0 magnitude or higher to strike the state since 1882 . Three of those larger quakes occurred in 2016 , and the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma was a 5.8 magnitude that hit Pawnee ( 25 miles from Cushing ) in September
a 5.8 magnitude that hit Pawnee
2016 Oklahoma earthquake
Cushing, Oklahoma