The 6.5 <span about="#mwt67" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAQQ" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt67">w</sub><span about="#mwt67" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt67" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Meckering_earthquake" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1968 Meckering earthquake">Meckering earthquake</a> shakes the southwest portion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (<i id="mwAQk">Violent</i>), causing $2.2<span id="mwAQo" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million in damage and leaving 20–28 people injured.