The building is named after the semiconductor and electronics manufacturer Shenzhen Electronics Group, whose offices are based in the complex. "In today's cities, there's no guarantee of the quality of these skyscrapers," added another.Ĭompleted in 2000, the tower is home to a major electronics market as well as various offices in the central business district of Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis of more than 13 million people. China skyscraper wobbles, spreading panic in downtown Shenzhen Tuesday, The 300-metre high SEG Plaza (C) is seen after it began to shake, in Shenzhen in Chinas southern Guangdong province on May 18, 2021. "Shenzhen should not use this shaking building again. Social media immediately lit up after Tuesday's incident, with hashtags on the Twitter-like Weibo related to the shaking garnering more than 780 million views and hundreds of thousands of comments, with many users worried about construction standards. Poor construction standards are often linked to corruption among local officials, most recently after the collapse of a quarantine hotel in southern China last year. The building had stopped shaking by the time people were evacuated, state media reported, and the plaza remained sealed off.īuilding collapses are not rare in China, where lax construction standards and breakneck urbanisation over recent decades has led to buildings being thrown up in haste. China Skyscraper Wobbling And Swaying All Clips MrWaheedulHaque 7.61K subscribers Join Subscribe Share Save 45K views 1 year ago Shorts SEGPlaza In this video i will be showing you all the. Officials said no further movement had been detected and experts found "no safety abnormalities in the main structure and surrounding environment of the building". Skyscraper wobbles in southern Chinas Shenzhen, no earthquake reported CGTN 2. The 300-metre SEG Plaza in the southern city of Shenzhen near Hong Kong began swaying in the early afternoon on Tuesday, prompting people inside and those on the streets below to flee.Įmergency management officials quickly ruled out an earthquake as the cause of the wobble in the tech hub's Futian district. Building collapses are not rare in China, where lax construction standards and breakneck urbanisation has led to buildings being thrown up in haste.īEIJING: Engineers were inspecting a skyscraper in southern China on Wednesday, a day after it triggered widespread panic when it suddenly began shaking, as people took to social media to ask if shoddy construction may have been to blame.
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