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Earthquake Strikesthe Coast of Fukushima Prefecture
On the evening of the Saturday, February 13, 2021, a large earthquake shook a broad area across eastern Japan with its epicenter off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. According to the National Meteorological Agency, the 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the country’s east coast at 11:07 p.m. With no casualties reported, the earthquake still left 100 injured across Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.
In addition to injuries, the earthquake also left nearly a million households without power across the Fukushima region. It alsoforced the closure of roads and the suspension of train services. While rattled residents did brace for aftershocks, but a landslide cut off a chunk of the main artery through Fukushima Prefecture.
This is not the first earthquake to impact Fukushima Prefecture. In 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and caused a meltdown at the local nuclear plant.
Impacts to the Electronic Industry:
To monitor and report the aftermath, SiliconExpert’s dedicated team has begun checking the operational statuses of the semiconductor and electronics plants in this district as well as surveying the possible damages resulting from the event. Here are some of our current findings based on electronics supplier announcements:
Renesas Electronics:
Operations were temporarily halted at Naka Factory (Ibaraki Prefecture), but they have restarted wafer supply as of , February 15 JST. Theyhave also resumed front-end manufacturing processes within its cleanroom from as ofFebruary 16 JST.
The Group will resume production of the front-end manufacturing processes step by step. Theyexpect to reach pre-earthquake production capacity of Naka Factory (wafer input base) within a week.
Murata Manufacturing:
Some of the buildings and equipment have been damaged at the following production bases located in the area. Operations have been affected and restoration work is continuing.
- Tome Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Kanazawa Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Sendai Plant.
- Tohoku Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Hirose Electric:
The following Japanese factories: Tohoku Hirose Electric, Koriyama Hirose Electric, and Ichinoseki Hirose Electric were impacted.Buildings were partially damaged and some production facilityshelves were overturned but the damages were slight and there will be no significant impacts on production activities..
DISCO Corporation:
Business is not affected by this earthquake.
KYOCERA Corporation
Kyocera has confirmed no severe damage to production facilities and offices which includes their Fukushima Koriyama Plant, Yamagata Higashine Plant, Tochigi Moka office.. As of 9:00am, February 15, 2021, business operations are continuing as usual.
Rubycon Corp
Akita Rubycon Corp. (Yurihonjo-shi, Akita) has not been impacted and thus operating normally.
Fukushima Rubycon Corp. (Nihonmatsu-shi, Fukushima) did havesome damage including the broken windows. Fortunately, there was no major hindrance to production. It is business as usual.
How will your supply chain be impacted?
SiliconExpert has the data and expertise to help you identify your potential components at risk with this disaster. We can also assist in giving you an in-depth look into those parts lifecycle statuses, find alternatives, and available inventory from authorized distributors.
Also, in response to events just like this, SiliconExpert has developed a support service that combines factors of geo-location and known risks in a proprietary formula to determine the overall supply chain risk score by supplier and part number. With our new Supply Chain Services module, we can give you insights related to this event as well as data that can help your teams proactively mitigate impacts of future events.
To learn more about this event or supplier announcements, please visit:
- https://corporate.murata.com/en-global/about/newsroom/news/company/general/2021/0215
- https://www.renesas.com/eu/en/node/1491456
- https://prd-4s-public.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/sys-master/public/h48/ha8/9008835231774/20210215_press_impacts.pdf
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/world/asia/earthquake-japan-fukushima.html
- http://www.semimedia.cc/?p=9234
- https://evertiq.com/design/49577
By Mahmoud Salem
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