The 6.5 <span about="#mwt75" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAXc" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt75">w</sub><span about="#mwt75" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt75" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAXg" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_Afghanistan_earthquake" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake">Afghanistan earthquake</a> shook the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhar_Province" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Takhar Province">Takhar Province</a> of northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" id="mwAXs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VII (<i id="mwAX0">Very strong</i>), killing around 4,000–4,500.