A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Tainan at 3:16 p.m. on Thursday, with a depth of 10.6 km, according to the Central Weather Administration. The epicenter was located 49.1 km east-northeast of Tainan City Hall.

Taiwan’s fire department said 15 people were sent to the hospital for minor injuries. Among them were six people, including one child, who were rescued from a collapsed house in Nanxi District, Tainan city. The Zhuwei bridge on a provincial highway was ...

A series of aftershocks have rocked southern Taiwan, inflicting more damage after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the region last week.

A security camera in a bar in Tainan, southwest Taiwan, caught the moment the room started to shake as customers continued to enjoy their food and drinks. Video credit: @alcoholismaltar via Instagram

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage.

This photo taken on Jan 21 2025 shows damaged buildings after an earthquake in Tainan City southeast China Taiwan

Due to the age of some plants, and intensity of earthquake, several Tainan fabs reported equipment shutdowns, with the extent of damage still under evaluation.

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In the early hours of January 21, a powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Chiayi, Taiwan, forcing leading semiconductor manufacturers—TSMC, UMC, and Innolux—to implement precautionary shutdowns of their production lines.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan ’s southern Chiayi county on Tuesday, causing minor injuries and damage to houses and prompting evacuations at a prominent chipmaker’s factories.

The hypocenter of the quake, which occurred at 10:11am, was in Dapu Township (大埔) at a depth of 10km, CWA data showed. The quake’s intensity, which measures the perceptible effects of a seismic event,

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coastal county of Hualien, killing at least 13 people, injuring more than 1,000 others, collapsing a hotel and forcing the closure of Toroko national park. That was the strongest earthquake in 25 years and was followed by hundreds of aftershocks.