State Department Posts Warning After Chinese Skyscraper Inexplicably Shakes

The 300-metre high SEG Plaza (C) is seen after it began to shake, in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province on May 18, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Department of State this week issued a warning for employees and all Americans in Shenzhen, China, to stay away from the SEG Plaza tower following video footage and reports that the nearly 1,000-foot-tall skyscraper was swaying.

The U.S. consulate in nearby Guangzhou said Wednesday that the alert near the SEG Plaza tower will remain “until further notice” due to reports of the building shaking as well as the “evacuation of people from the building and in the immediate vicinity.”