apple inc‘s AAPL longtime chip partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSMsaid the recent earthquakes in Taiwan did not significantly affect its business.
Monday’s 5.6-magnitude earthquake was the third tremor to hit Taiwan in the past three days, killing one and injuring 146 people, according to Taiwan’s Fire Department. The quake happened 2 km (1.24 miles) below the surface, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
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A spokeswoman for the world’s largest contract chip maker, TSMC, said there did not appear to be any significant impact from the quake, Chinese state media reported Yicai Global reported.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip maker, said the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck east Taiwan’s Hualien County yesterday, leaving one dead and 142 injured, did not have a major impact on its business. A magnitude 6.5 foreshock struck Taitung County on September 17. pic.twitter.com/NiCoEKJ40Q
— Yicai Global 第一财经 (@yicaichina) September 19, 2022
The tremors were felt across the island, leading to the collapse of a low-rise building, a bridge in Yuli and the derailment of several train cars after a rain cover collapsed at a train station in Hualien.
That Japanese Meteorological Agency A tsunami alert was issued for some islands near Taiwan on Sunday. However, it was canceled after an hour and a half.
