Yesterday afternoon, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Hualien, Taiwan, China. The earthquake was felt throughout the island, but no casualties were reported As the local area is an important semiconductor production center in the world, are chip manufacturing enterprises such as earthquake background integrated circuits affected? TSMC has issued an announcement after confirmation, saying that the chip production and operation will not be affected
Tailian power, the second largest local foundry, also said that its production and operation were not affected by the earthquake.
It was previously reported that according to the official measurement of China seismic network, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the sea area of Hualien County, Taiwan (24.01 degrees north latitude and 122.51 degrees east longitude) at 14:23 on May 9, with a focal depth of 16 km.
It is reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the sea area near Hualien County, 81 kilometers away from Taiwan Island, 93 kilometers away from Hualien City and 152 kilometers away from Taipei city.
The earthquake caused strong tremors across Taiwan, while earthquakes in Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou, Fujian were obvious.
