Measurements by the Taiwan Provincial Water Conservancy Bureau show that the subsidence is centered in Chiatung and spreads outward from there like a half funnel.
依水利局在屏東縣林邊、佳冬和枋寮沿海區檢測的結果，地層下陷以佳冬鄉塭豐村為中心，向四周擴展，形狀像半個漏斗。