The 5.9 <span about="#mwt77" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAQM" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt77">w</sub><span about="#mwt77" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt77" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1998_Afghanistan_earthquake" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake">Afghanistan earthquake</a> shakes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhar_Province" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Takhar Province">Takhar Province</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VII (<i id="mwAQg">Very strong</i>). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.