Shenzhen skyscraper closed as officials seek cause of shaking

Shenzhen skyscraper closed as officials seek cause of shaking

People gather outside the 73-storey SEG skyscraper in Shenzhen, China, May 18, 2021, in this picture obtained from social media. Weibo/@Shaguo Dabao Tou/via REUTERS

The owner of a 71-floor office tower in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen closed the building on Friday pending an investigation into what caused the skyscraper to begin shaking on Tuesday.

Shenzhen Electronics Group Co Ltd will close the 356-metre (1,167 feet) SEG Plaza to tenants and shoppers to carry out inspections into the cause of the swaying, it said in a notice posted on the Weibo social media account of the…

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