Buildings evacuated after quake
2008-05-12 09:56
Shanghai - China's tallest building, the
Jinmao Tower, and other highrise buildings in Shanghai's
financial district were ordered evacuated on Monday after
tremors were felt from a strong earthquake in southwestern
China's Sichuan Province, witnesses said.
On Monday, an earthquake measuring 7.5 rocked Sichuan
province less than 100km from the provincial capital
of Chengdu, the US Geological Survey said on its website.
It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or
damage from the tremor.
The tremor, centred 92km northwest of Chengdu, was felt as
far away as Beijing and Shanghai and in the Thai capital
Bangkok, where office buildings swayed with the impact.