Watch moment shoppers run for cover as supermarket shakes during Oklahoma earthquake
THIS is the moment shoppers were sent running for cover when Oklahoma was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude reaching 5.0.
Dozens of buildings in the town of Cushing were left with substantial damage, which is home to one of the world's most important oil hubs.
Around 40 - 50 buildings were damaged in the quake, which hit on Sunday.
It is the third in the state this year with a magnitude of 5.0 or greater.
The damage was mainly fallen bricks and facades and cracks in buildings. No one was injured.
In the video, the shopper can be seen walking in the aisles of the supermarket, and then runs for cover as the floor and shelves begin to shake.
Items can be seen moving as the tremors hit in the security footage.
Other goods can be seen swaying as the building is gripped by the the movement of the earth.
The centre of the quake was one mile west of Cushing and about 25 miles south of where another quake hit last week, with a magnitude of 4.3.
It struck at 7:44 p.m. Sunday and was felt as far away as Illinois, Iowa and Texas.
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Cindy Roe, 50, told : "I thought my whole trailer was going to tip over, it was shaking it so bad.
"It was loud and all the lights went out and you could hear things falling on the ground. It was awful and I don't want to have another one."
The oil storage at Cushing is one of the largest in the world, with the community calling itself the "Pipeline Crossroads of the World."
It was only last week Italy was gripped by another earthquake - it is the second to hit the country = the city of Amatrice suffered huge damage when it was hit by a quake in August which left 250 people dead.
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