According to the official measurement by the China Seismological Network on April 3, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred at 07:58 on April 3 in the waters of Hualien County, Taiwan, China (23.81 degrees north latitude, 121.74 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 12 kilometers. The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the sea, about 14 kilometers away from Taiwan Island.
The Taiwan Meteorological Department said the earthquake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, making it the largest earthquake in about 25 years since the "921" earthquake in 1999. The epicenter of the earthquake was located 25.0 kilometers southeast of Hualien County, with a focal depth of 15.5 kilometers. The maximum intensity occurred in the Heping area of Hualien County. It is reported that there may be aftershocks with a magnitude of 6.5 to 7.0 in the next 3 or 4 days.
According to reports, the earthquake has caused power outages in parts of Taiwan, China. Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County in Zhuke, the "Silicon Valley of Taiwan" where the semiconductor industry gathers, experienced a maximum earthquake magnitude of 4. The Bamboo Management Bureau stated that there are currently no abnormalities in the water, electricity, sewage treatment plants, experimental middle schools, kindergartens and construction sites under the jurisdiction of the Bamboo Science Office in the factory area.
TSMC issued a statement this morning stating that to ensure personnel safety, some factory areas have been evacuated in accordance with the company's internal procedures and that the industrial safety system is normal. Details are yet to be confirmed. According to an investigation by Taiwanese media, in the Hsinchu Science Park, one of TSMC’s main bases, where multiple TSMC wafer plants including advanced process plants are concentrated, Zhuke Nanke personnel were evacuated in accordance with operating standards. The personnel were safe, the factory facilities were normal, and the machines were Part of the machine is down, and engineering colleagues are working hard to take inventory and restore it. Industry insiders said that the earthquake may cause TSMC to lose part of its production capacity.
UMC: Zhuke and Nanke personnel were evacuated in accordance with operating standards. All personnel are safe, factory facilities are normal, and some machines are shut down. Engineering staff are working hard to take inventory and restore machines.
Innolux, which has factories in Zhuke Zhunan Park and Nanke Tainan Road Zhuyuan Park, said that it has immediately followed standard procedures to confirm the safety of personnel in the factory. Parts of the factory have been evacuated. People are currently safe; some machines in the factory are safe. The protective automatic shutdown is started and the system is being inspected, which has little impact on the operation of the factory.
Power Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. said that no one was injured and no production lines were interrupted, but it wanted to confirm whether the quartz furnace tubes were damaged and whether the machine equipment was damaged.
Micron is evaluating its operations and supply chain after the earthquake; all employees are safe, and Micron's DRAM production in Taiwan accounts for about 60% of the company's overall DRAM production capacity.
KYEC stated that no personnel were injured, no production lines were interrupted, no quartz furnace tubes were damaged, no machine equipment was damaged, or other disasters occurred, and the entire plant was evacuated.
ASE Investment Holdings said that the company's operations are currently operating normally.
Global Crystal pointed out that factory and equipment engineers are currently inspecting the status of all facilities one by one.
Nanya personnel have confirmed that it is safe, and some equipment has been shut down for precautionary measures. Safety inspections are currently being carried out.
AUO has many factories in northern Taiwan, including Longtan, Hsinchu, and Taichung. Staff in the factories have been evacuated, and the impact of the earthquake is still being understood.
Tokyo Teletron Technology (TEL), which has four factories in Taiwan, confirmed that its buildings suffered some damage in the earthquake, but it does not expect any long-term effects and all employees are safe.
Yaohua's production line in Lize, Yilan, was slightly affected this morning. Yaohua pointed out that the earthquake did not cause major damage. The production line is currently suspended for compliance inspection and is expected to resume work before noon.
All personnel at the memory factory Winbond are safe, the factory is operating normally, and the actual impact is being assessed.
People in the Macronix factory were also evacuated when the earthquake occurred, and some machines were shut down normally and preventively, but there were no abnormalities.
There were no disasters, no injuries, no production line interruptions, no quartz furnace tube damage, no machine equipment damage or other disasters in the Damai Technology factory, and the entire factory was evacuated. In addition, reports from manufacturers in Yilan Park and Hsinchu Biomedical Park were normal; factory personnel in Longtan Park were all evacuated, and some machines were shut down normally and preventively, but there were no abnormalities.
The production lines and operations of Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Inventec, and Pegatron are currently normal, and the situation is being continuously tracked.
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