Skyscraper inexplicably wobbles in China

A sudden fit of panic gripped the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen as a 957-foot (291-meter) skyscraper began swaying inexplicably on Tuesday. Neither were any reports of an earthquake in the region nor was the weather destructive. No deaths or injuries were reported, as the building was promptly evacuated, and shopped in the vicinity were also quick to flee the wobbling skyscraper. What Happened: The SEG Plaza, located in the busy shopping district of Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen began to shake around 12:30 p.m. local time. Some 15,000 people were inside, according to the official newspaper of the Shenzhen Municipal Communist Party Committee. All those inside were evacuated within 90 minutes, local authorities reported. Authorities investigating the reason behind the unanticipated shake pronounced that no “abnormalities in the main structure and surrounding environment of the building” had been found. The city’s meteorological station reported a maximum wind speed of around 20 mph (32 kph) at midday Tuesday — a rate of motion described as a “fresh breeze” by the US National Weather Service.

Another video shot from an aerial point of view shows streams of shoppers running away from the wobbling plaza.