The world’s largest chipmaker and key Apple supply chain partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has evacuated plants and halted some production after a massive earthquake struck the island during rush hour on Wednesday morning.
NPR reports that at least seven people have died, with dozens more injured, after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck the island’s east coast, as measured by the U.S. Geological survey. Despite Taiwan’s monitoring agency giving a lower 7.2 estimate, it’s the strongest earthquake to rock the island since 1999, wreaking havoc in Hualien and further afield.
