The 6.9 <span about="#mwt79" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAUk" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt79">w</sub><span about="#mwt79" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt79" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAUo" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Nepal_earthquake" id="mwAUs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1988 Nepal earthquake">Nepal earthquake</a> shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VIII (<i id="mwAU0">Severe</i>), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.