Measuring <a about="#mwt42" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"},"link":{"wt":"y"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mw" id="mwAYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Seismic magnitude scales" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><style about="#mwt45" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Template:Tooltip/styles.css"}}' data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span about="#mwt46" class="rt-commentedText tooltip" data-mw='{"attribs":[[{"txt":"title"},{"html":"&lt;span typeof=\"mw:Nowiki\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"&gt;Moment mag. scale&lt;/span&gt;"}]]}' title="Moment mag. scale" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs">M<sub>w</sub></span></a><link about="#mwt42" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAY0" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> 8.6, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Assam–Tibet_earthquake" id="mwAY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake">largest earthquake on land</a> occurs in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Myanmar_border" id="mwAY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="India–Myanmar border">Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border</a>, killing 4,800.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_15#cite_note-7" id="mwAZA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZE">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt47" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCH4"><a class="external text" href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19500815140934_30/executive" id="mwCH8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"M 8.6 - 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake"</a>. <i id="mwCIA">earthquake.usgs.gov</i>. USGS<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCIE">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCII">14 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt47" class="Z3988" id="mwCIM" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=earthquake.usgs.gov&amp;rft.atitle=M+8.6+-+1950+Assam-Tibet+Earthquake&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fearthquake.usgs.gov%2Fearthquakes%2Feventpage%2Fofficial19500815140934_30%2Fexecutive&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+15"></span></span>