A skyscraper in China was evacuated on Tuesday after it began to shake and shoppers panicked. The tower in the city of Shenzhen was completed in 2000 and houses several offices and one of the major electronic markets downtown.
The cause of the ‘wobble’ is being investigated. In a post on Weibo, a Twitter-like platform, Emergency management officials wrote, “After checking and analysing the data of various earthquake monitoring stations across the city, there was no earthquake in Shenzhen today.”
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The 18th tallest tower in Shenzhen is named after the semiconductor and electronics manufacturer Shenzhen Electronics Group, whose offices are based in the complex. The tower in the sprawling metropolis of Shenzhen stands 300 metres tall. Shenzhen is also home to the world’s fourth-tallest skyscraper, named after the semiconductor and electronics manufacturer Shenzhen Electronics Group, whose offices are based in the complex.
Several prominent Chinese companies including Tencent and Huawei have chosen to make Shenzhen their headquarters. Building collapses aren’t uncommon in China. Lax standards in building construction lead to structures popping up frequently. In May 2020, a five-storey quarantine hotel in the south-eastern city of Quanzhou collapsed due to shoddy construction, killing 29, an AFP report reads.