Turkey ended its search for victims in Hatay, the region most affected by earthquakes

Earthquakes of this Monday night, 6.4 and 5.8 orders of magnitudethey caused the collapse of many buildings that were already badly damaged in the earthquakes two weeks ago.

As a result of these crashes six people diedAccording to the official Turkish news agency Anadolu, a figure that the authorities have already accepted with certainty, If 294 people18 of them were seriously injured and were referred to the medical teams.

The death toll was not higher because no buildings have been inhabited in and around Antioquia since the first earthquake that killed at least 42,310 across Turkey, and people spend the night outdoors in tents or prefabricated houses.

At least three of the six victims were people who broke into empty buildings that were still standing to get their belongings; it’s a common practice these days, but it’s very risky, as last night’s tremor showed.

New earthquake and aftershock with an epicenter just a dozen kilometers south of Antioquía also made sloping buildings that hitherto seem solid.This is why the Turkish channel NTV says no home can be considered safe at the moment.

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recalled on Tuesday,Earthquakes destroyed or severely damaged 139,000 buildings.with nearly half a million homes or offices in 11 affected provinces.

Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum, after examining more than one million buildings in total, concluded that one out of every ten buildings was either demolished or needed to be demolished immediately.

The rate doubled in Kahramanmaraş and Hatay, the two most affected provinces, where one of the five confirmed buildings was destroyed.

Hatay, a city with a population of 1.6 million with developing agriculture, industry, handicrafts and local tourism.With 37,000 ruined buildings, it is by far the hardest hit.

especially the provincial capital, Antiochabout 400,000 inhabitants, the destruction of the economy in the short term beyond recoverytold the local chamber of commerce chairman Hikmet Çinçin to the NTV channel.

Explaining that 1,700 of the 2,000 registered small businesses were destroyed by earthquakes, the businessman explained that the survivors migrated because they did not have the necessary services for their daily lives.

Çinçin said that two industrial estates located on the hills of Antioquia’s foothills withstood the earthquake almost unscathed, but that they could not continue their activities as both workers and more highly educated workers left the area.

Local industry is now desperately looking for workers but will have to close “If there is no one left in a city where there is not even electricity for the moment,” he concluded.