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Mark Tyson

TSMC evacuated cleanroom staff during earthquake aftershocks up to magnitude 6.3 on Tuesday

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Taiwan was rocked by a series of strong earthquakes on Monday and Tuesday. According to the Central News Agency, there were an astonishing “103 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher” recorded between 5.08pm Monday and 10.27am today. Despite two quakes measuring magnitude 6.0 and 6.3 early Tuesday, only “a small number of cleanroom staff were immediately evacuated,” from TSMC fabs, reports DigiTimes. These quakes are officially claimed to be aftershocks from the April 3 magnitude 7.2 earthquake which caused significant loss of life and damage to property.

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