The tremor also damaged two undersea cables, severely affecting telephone and internet connections to China, Japan and South-East Asia and disturbing internet traffic to America.

• 地震还破坏了两条海底电缆，严重影响了中国、日本及东南亚国家的电话和因特网连接，使亚美因特网通讯受阻。预计修复工作要延续到下个月。