Shenzhen SEG Building closed after shaking, evacuees: chairs were obviously shaking
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Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported on May 18 that the landmark SEG Tower located in Huaqiangbei, Futian District, Shenzhen, shook and the office workers inside fled in a hurry.
Regarding this incident, the official Weibo account of Shenzhen Emergency Management Bureau @深圳急警管理 reported that at about 13:50 on May 18, the duty room of Shenzhen Emergency Management Bureau received a report: SEG Building in Huaqiang North Street, Futian District, Shenzhen was shaking. After checking and analyzing the data of various earthquake monitoring stations in the city, our bureau found that no earthquake occurred in Shenzhen today. The relevant departments are investigating the cause of the shaking of SEG Building.
On the afternoon of the 18th, The Paper learned from the Shenzhen Fire Brigade that after the incident, the Shenzhen Fire Department had received the alarm and arrived at the scene to deal with the situation.
Several videos circulating on the Internet showed that many people were evacuating and leaving the SEG Building in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen. Another video showed that the SEG Building seemed to be shaking.
On the afternoon of the 18th, a staff member of the SEG Plaza Management Office of Shenzhen SEG Property Development Co., Ltd. told The Paper that at about 13:00 on the 18th, the SEG Plaza building shook slightly. After the incident, the people in the building were evacuated immediately and there were no casualties. Currently, the building is closed and relevant government departments are investigating the cause of the building shaking.
On the afternoon of the 18th, Ms. Xu, who evacuated from SEG Building, told The Paper that she worked on the 51st floor of SEG Building. At around 12:15 on the 18th, she and her colleagues were having lunch in the office. One colleague said "there was shaking", but other colleagues said it was not obvious, so no one paid attention. After lunch, she was preparing for a lunch break. At around 13:05, "the chair was shaking quite obviously, and everyone felt it." So she and her colleagues ran out and found that many people were running outside.
"The management office downstairs was also evacuated. There was no congestion and no panic." Ms. Xu said that there are two elevators in SEG Building. It is most convenient to go down from the 51st floor by walking up the stairs to the 45th floor and then taking the elevator. She walked up the stairs to the 45th floor and then took the elevator down. "Some colleagues also walked directly from the 51st floor to the first floor. Many people took the elevator at that time."
"The shaking was not very strong, and it was different from the feeling of an earthquake. I just felt the chairs shaking noticeably, and the pillars in the building also shook noticeably if I leaned against them." Ms. Xu said that at present, no one knew the reason and the SEG Building was temporarily closed.
At around 2 p.m. on the 18th, a staff member of the SEG Building Management Office responded to The Paper that at present, people in the building have basically been evacuated, and staff are still checking whether there is anyone in the building. As to why the shaking occurred, the matter is still under investigation.
Public information shows that SEG Tower is 355.8 meters high and has more than 70 floors. It was completed in 1999 and is a landmark building in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei.
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