The earthquake with an initial intensity of between 6. 2 richter yesterday cut off some lines of Hong Kong fiber optic cable - China - Taiwan. This force majeure incident significantly affects all service providers in Asia, including FPT, VDC, Viettel in Vietnam. Undersea cables are the lifelines of modern economies: they carry over 95 percent of the world's internet traffic, making them one of the most critical—yet vulnerable—pieces of infrastructure in the 21st century. When these cables go dark, everything from banking transactions to emergency response. Last month, a Chinese-owned vessel was accused of cutting an undersea fiber-optic cable near Keelung Harbor, highlighting the vulnerability of critical communications infrastructure. While the incident caused only minor disruptions to Internet service, it aligned with China's broader “gray zone”. This quake was centered in the same mountainous region of rural Kaohsiung county that endured the brunt of the damage from Typhoon Morakot, a devastating storm that killed about 700 people last August, also sent Chunghwa Telecom workers scrambling to fix undersea fiber-optic telecommunications. The earthquake with an initial intensity of between 6. Internet service providers. Taiwan's internet connectivity could be severely hit if China decides to block or delay undersea cable repair missions in the event of a Taiwan Strait conflict, Taipei News reported, citing a detailed assessment by US-based intelligence firm Recorded Future.