{"id":252580,"date":"2021-05-18T17:18:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/980-foot-building-sways-in-china-sending-shoppers-running\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:18:53","slug":"980-foot-building-sways-in-china-sending-shoppers-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/980-foot-building-sways-in-china-sending-shoppers-running\/","title":{"rendered":"#980-foot building sways in China, sending shoppers running"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#980-foot building sways in China, sending shoppers running<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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It was on shaky ground.<\/p>\n

A Chinese skyscraper had to be evacuated Tuesday afternoon after it began inexplicably swaying on its foundation, prompting scores of bystanders to flee in terror, as seen in a series<\/a> of viral videos circulating social media<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The shaky incident occurred around 1 p.m. at Shenzhen\u2019s SEG Electronics Building, which is one of China\u2019s tallest structures in the city at a whopping 980 feet tall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people in the building and downstairs fled for their lives!\u201d read the caption<\/a> to one of the Twitter clips, which depicts petrified shoppers stampeding across a plaza like scene out of a monster movie. <\/p>\n

A follow-up clip posted by local media<\/a> shows the top of the 73-story structure, on which two white conductor poles can be seen wobbling precariously. <\/p>\n

The building was sealed off around 2:40 p.m. after all the residents had been evacuated, the Daily Mail reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, authorities remain baffled by the cause of the mishap as there \u201cwas no earthquake in Shenzhen\u201d that day, according to a statement by emergency services. Meanwhile, weather reports clocked the local wind speed at 27 miles per hour, which is not nearly powerful enough to shake a building. <\/p>\n

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People stand outside the 300-meter-high SEG Plaza after it began to shake, in Shenzhen, in China\u2019s southern Guangdong province on May 18, 2021.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe cause of the shaking is being verified by various departments,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first structural catastrophe to occur in China, which has been criticized for erecting buildings in haste amid its rapid urbanization campaign. <\/p>\n

China has suffered several major work-safety accidents in recent years blamed on weak regulatory oversight, systemic corruption and pressure to boost production amid a slowing economy, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

At least 67 people died in 2016 after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Beijing, marking the country\u2019s worst work-safety incident in two years.\n <\/p><\/div>\n