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A fact from May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 May 2008, and was viewed approximately 825 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the May 30, 1998 Afghanistan earthquake was also felt at Samarkand in Uzbekistan, Islamabad in Pakistan, and Dushanbe in Tajikistan?

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Title says 1998 but introduction says 1988

Title says it all. 77.100.150.115 (talk) 18:50, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected. Mikenorton (talk) 19:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong unit used to describe magnitude in sidebar

The unit for the earthquake magnitude is listed as $M_{\mathrm {w} }$ , yet links to the Richter description. The correct unit is $M_{\mathrm {L} }$ as per the linked description. $M_{\mathrm {w} }$ is the unit for the related Moment magnitude scale. 24.21.223.167 (talk) 06:45, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]