The 6.9 <span about="#mwt101" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAVA" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt101">w</sub><span about="#mwt101" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt101" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a> shakes the southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyōgo_Prefecture" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo Prefecture</a> with a maximum <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale">Shindo</a> of VII, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.