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To: Peter H. Mack who wrote (7707)	6/11/2000 5:33:00 AM
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Two Dead After Taiwan Quake, Rain Warning (UMC unaffected) By Michael Kramer TAIPEI (Reuters) - A strong earthquake linked to a devastating September 1999 quake, in which 2,400 people had died, rocked Taiwan Sunday killing two and injuring more than 20. Disaster response officials said there were no reports of major damage, but Premier Tang Fei warned that rainstorms expected in the region could carry the potential for earthslides. ``In some areas, citizens and local government must be on alert. Preventive measures must be taken and don't be afraid of the hassle,'' Tang said. ``When earthslides actually happen, there is no time to react.'' The Central Weather Bureau has issued torrential rain warnings effective through June 13. Earthslides already have cut off roads crossing the island's interior and officials urged hikers to stay out of mountainous areas. Seismologists at the Central Weather Bureau said Sunday's quake, centerd in the sparsely populated interior of the country, registered 6.7 on the open-ended Richter scale and occurred at 2:23 a.m.. They reported hundreds of aftershocks with the strongest at 5.2 on the Richter scale. ``According to our research this earthquake related to the September 21 quake,'' an official at the Central Weather Bureau's seismology center told Reuters. The quake reawakened memories of last year's devastation, when 2,400 died and industry was stalled for weeks with power outages and electricity rationing. Fears of a repeat of the September quake, which had measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, appeared to have caused many of Sunday's casualties. A spokeswoman for the National Fire Administration, which handles disaster relief, said 36 people were injured because of the quake. Two hospital patients died of complications brought on by fright, which caused a heart attack in one of the victims, she said. Independent cable broadcaster TVBS said several people were injured by leaping from second-story windows, fearing their homes might collapse. One man dislocated his jaw when he screamed during the earthquake. Semiconductor makers in northern Hsinchu Science Park, one of the world's top microchip production bases and an engine of Taiwan's export economy, were unaffected, the state-funded Central News Agency (CNA) said. Hsinchu-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corp, the world's two largest contract chipmakers, suffered no power cuts and operations were normal, CNA said. The defense ministry said Tang telephoned Defense Minister Wu Shih-wen and asked him to assemble a disaster response team with troops based in central Taiwan. Taiwan lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin and earthquakes occur frequently. dailynews.yahoo.com