According to a number of Korean media reports, on the afternoon of the 15th, in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit the ground. Gumi Industrial Complex near the epicenter of the earthquake included Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Gold Display (LGD) and SK Siltron and other electronics companies stationed in. Although these industries have not yet a major disaster outbreak, but the earthquake affected the factory production line more intermittent phenomenon, and the large-scale refugees.
After the earthquake, the Samsung Electronics Gumi plant evacuated about 1,000 people. LGD sent out some of its production lines after the earthquake, and SK Siltron evacuees returned to work one after another. As the earthquake near the epicenter , Gathered many Korean electronics manufacturers, coupled with large aftershocks after the earthquake, aftertaste whether the impact on South Korea's semiconductor and panel production line operation worthy of continued attention.