A 6.8 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub id="mw0g">w</sub></a> earthquake <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Uttarkashi_earthquake" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1991 Uttarkashi earthquake">strikes</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarkashi_district" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Uttarkashi district">Uttarkashi</a> region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.