The quake caused the surrounding area to rise by about nine meters, and it also pushed the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, substantially higher. Among many Taiwanese who were visiting Sichuan at the time, the first thought was: "Who would have guessed that Sichuan would experience its own 921 Earthquake?"
不少當時在四川旅遊的台灣民眾，身歷其境的第一個感受是，「想不到四川也有『921 大地震』」，那場 8 年前深夜裡天搖地動的惡夢又湧上記憶。