The 6.0 <span about="#mwt60" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAXQ" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt60">w</sub><span about="#mwt60" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt60" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAXU" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Athens_earthquake" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1999 Athens earthquake">Athens earthquake</a> affected the area with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAXc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (<i id="mwAXg">Violent</i>), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.