Terrible earthquake in Taiwan. I still haven’t seen any injury reports as yet.
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Okinawa islands threatened by tsunami after the huge earthquake:
- Earthquake near Taiwan Magnitude 7.5, felt in Taipei
- Reports of buildings collapsed in Taiwan after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake
- Philippines warns of tsunami and orders the evacuation of coastal areas after Taiwan quake
- TSMC evacuated factory areas after earthquake hit Taiwan
- Taiwan earthquake revised higher to magnitude 7.7, from 7.5
Also:
Taiwan chipmaker UMC:
- Staff at the Hsinchu
and southern Taiwan science parks were evacuated according to our
operating standards - All staff are safe
and factories are operating normally, some machines were shut down
but we are working to restart them
Taiwan’s largest chip packaging and test firm ASE says operations are normal
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.