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To: Pink Minion who wrote (37224)	9/11/2000 10:37:30 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Another quake rocks Taiwan, but doesn't impact chip plants By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (09/11/00, 10:21:08 AM EDT) TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale rocked Taiwan on Sunday afternoon, but the event did not cause any damage or disruptions of service in the island's electronics industry. According to government reports, the epicenter of the quake was located near the eastern city of Hualien, which is several hundred miles away from Taiwan's major chip production center in Hsinchu. Officials from Taiwan's leading chip makers--including Mosel Vitelic Inc., Macronix International Co. Ltd., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., and others--said the quake did not case any damage to their respective fabs. But the earthquake, which hit the island at 4:54 p.m. on Sunday, did cause buildings and fabs in the the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park to sway back and forth for nearly 10 seconds, according to reports. There were also several minor power outages around the island, but leading chip makers claimed they did not experience any blackouts as a result of the quake. There were no fatalities reported around the island. Still, the event brought back some painful memories of last year's major quake, which hit the island nearly a year ago on Sept. 21, 1999. That quake claimed 2,297 lives, caused billions of dollars in damage, and paralyzed the island's electronics industry for several weeks.