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The death toll from the powerful February 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria reached 35,225, according to official data updated on Monday (13).
The earthquake that caused it had a magnitude of 7.8 31,643 dead in southern Turkey, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced. The Syrian authorities are recording 3,581 dead in Syria.
The United Nations (UN) also announced this Monday that from now on the The trend is that the search for survivors is coming to an end. Now, according to the UN, the focus should be on guaranteeing shelter and basic conditions for survivors and displaced persons.
But this morning A woman was rescued from under the rubble after a week.
Slowest rescue phase
The rescue effort has entered a slower phase and the population of the Two countries have debated who is to blame for the shortage of professionals specialized in these types of jobs.
Turkey Arrests Contractors of Buildings Destroyed by Earthquake
The Turkish judiciary also said it is launching court cases against 130 people allegedly involved in the incorporation of properties that were of poor quality and built illegally, without respecting the technical rules that would make them earthquakeproof.
Turkey has building codes that conform to current seismic engineering standards, but these are rarely enforced. It’s one of the reasons thousands of buildings have collapsed or collapsed on residents.
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Sunday that 134 people are being investigated for their alleged responsibility for building buildings that failed to withstand the earthquake, according to Turkey’s staterun Anadolu News Agency.
He said three were arrested pending trial, seven people were detained and seven others were prevented from leaving the country.
Bozdag promised to punish anyone responsible, and prosecutors began collecting building samples to prove the materials used in construction. The earthquakes were powerful, but victims, experts and people across Turkey blame poor construction for multiplying the devastation.