Chipmaker TSMC said on Tuesday that all its sites were operating following an overnight 6.4 magnitude earthquake in southern Taiwan that was centred on a mountainous rural area and caused only minor damage and light injuries.

Taiwan experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The quake struck near the city of Chiayi in Taiwan’s south, according to Reuters, and it shook buildings in Taipei. TSMC said it evacuated personnel from some buildings and the science park in Tainan,

Taiwan chipmaker TSMC evacuates factories after 6.4-magnitude earthquake - The quake shook buildings as far as Taipei and prompted evacuations

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has restored operations at factories it evacuated after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island’s south, injuring at least four people.

TSMC resumes production at facilities located in two cities in Taiwan that were affected by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake.

Geopolitical rumblings one day, geological rumblings the next Taiwan has experienced an earthquake significant enough that chipmaking champ TSMC has halted work at its plants.… According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration Seismological Center,

Taipei Bureau Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, was forced to evacuate employees from multiple facilities on January 21 after a series of strong earthquakes hit central and southern Taiwan.