Thousands of people fled through the streets, fearing the building would fallThousands of panicked office workers and shoppers fled one of China’s tallest skyscrapers after it began shaking and swaying. The 79-storey SEG Plaza — which rises to more than 1,100ft in Shenzhen — moved shortly after noon, prompting its mass evacuation. Sponsored“The water on the table was shaking,” said a man who was on the 28th floor. I walked all the way down.”“We all felt obvious shakes,” an employee identified by the family name of Xu told state media. “A colleague then said, ‘Let’s all run outside now.’ ”Some workers emerged barefoot in their rush to escape.

Source: The Times May 18, 2021 15:49 UTC