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Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - sabonis_84 - 12-29-2025
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck some 32 km (20 miles) off Taiwan’s northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Saturday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of major damage.
The quake with a depth of 73 km (45 miles) was felt across Taiwan and shook buildings in the capital Taipei, the administration said, assigning it an intensity-four category meaning there could be minor damage.
Taipei city’s government said there was no major damage reported in the immediate aftermath, with some isolated cases of damage including gas and water leakage and minor damage to buildings.
More than 3,000 homes in Yilan briefly lost power, Taiwan Power Company said.
Major chipmaker TSMC said a small number of its facilities in the northern Hsinchu Science Park met evacuation thresholds after the quake and evacuated staff had since returned to their posts.
The weather administration said people should be on alert for aftershocks between 5.5 and 6.0 in the coming day. It also said damage from the quake should be limited because it was relatively deep and hit offshore.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said in a social media post that authorities had the situation under control and also urged the population to be on alert for aftershocks.
Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes.
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - Starwalker - 01-14-2026
If TSMC machines got ruined in this chip economy, we would basically have to go back to the dark ages T^T. Im sure the earthquake negatively effected the chip manufacturing but its definitely far from the worst that could have happened
(btw is it just me or did the HTML text formatting not work properly)
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - yulade - 01-26-2026
It's not you, it doesn't work properly. Natural disasters are never good news. And concentrating global chip production in one place is really a bad idea. These companies should have factories all over the world so that there are no major disruptions in the supply chain.
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - 7lips7 - 01-27-2026
is it me or OP's message is completely unformated?
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - software3008 - 01-28-2026
I live in a city that's sitting on a faultline and earthquakes are a common occurrence but one does not and should not get used to it. It's a kind of disaster that will literally turn the one's world upside down.
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - darkstarprime_ - 03-04-2026
prayers
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - gasparoide - 03-04-2026
wait, I will put my css glasses to check this
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - tanuch - 03-05-2026
wow this is nuts!
RE: Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported - darkstarprime_ - 03-05-2026
oh no