Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. evacuated factories after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck central Taiwan’s Nantou county at 10:03 a.m. Buildings shook in Taipei, about 153 kilometers from the epicenter.
The evacuations were triggered by emergency response mechanisms, company spokesman Michael Kramer told Bloomberg by phone today. A factory in the city of Taichung and another in Hsinchu were evacuated following the tremor, and both operate 8- inch wafer production equipment, he said.
The earthquake’s epicenter was 38.8 kilometers east of Nantou county’s government at a depth of 15.4 kilometers, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau reported. It was followed by three aftershocks measuring from 3.7 to 3.9 in magnitude. Three people were injured and one fire was reported in central Taiwan, Lin Kuan-cheng, a spokesman for the National Fire Agency said by phone today. Landslides blocked a highway in Nantou, the transportation department said.
The Taiwan dollar was unchanged at NT$29.850 as of 10:51 a.m. in Taipei trading. Taiwan’s Taiex rose 0.3 percent to 7,876.94 as of 10:54 a.m. local time.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake’s magnitude as 6.0 and occurring at a depth of 20 kilometers.
To contact the reporters on this story: Tim Culpan in Taipei at [email protected]; Adela Lin in Taipei at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Debra Mao at [email protected]
The evacuations were triggered by emergency response mechanisms, company spokesman Michael Kramer told Bloomberg by phone today. A factory in the city of Taichung and another in Hsinchu were evacuated following the tremor, and both operate 8- inch wafer production equipment, he said.
The earthquake’s epicenter was 38.8 kilometers east of Nantou county’s government at a depth of 15.4 kilometers, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau reported. It was followed by three aftershocks measuring from 3.7 to 3.9 in magnitude. Three people were injured and one fire was reported in central Taiwan, Lin Kuan-cheng, a spokesman for the National Fire Agency said by phone today. Landslides blocked a highway in Nantou, the transportation department said.
The Taiwan dollar was unchanged at NT$29.850 as of 10:51 a.m. in Taipei trading. Taiwan’s Taiex rose 0.3 percent to 7,876.94 as of 10:54 a.m. local time.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake’s magnitude as 6.0 and occurring at a depth of 20 kilometers.
To contact the reporters on this story: Tim Culpan in Taipei at [email protected]; Adela Lin in Taipei at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Debra Mao at [email protected]