According to an early reconstruction by seismologist Chen Ji of the California Institute of Technology, the earthquake initially displaced 400 kilometers of crust 20 kilometers below the seabed.

• 根据美国加州理工学院地震学家季晨稍早重建的破裂模式，地震使得海床下20公里厚的地壳产生位移，范围长达400公里。