Türkiye completes 80 percent damage assessment in quake zone

Authorities have accomplished 80 p.c of the injury evaluation within the earthquake zone in southern Türkiye after the highly effective February 6 tremors, the nation’s urbanisation minister mentioned.

“The rest will be completed quickly in the coming days,” Murat Kurum, surroundings, urbanisation and local weather change minister, informed Anadolu Agency on Thursday within the quake-hit Adiyaman province.

A complete of seven,300 personnel are working to guage the injury brought on by the dual quakes which jolted greater than a dozen provinces, he mentioned.

Kurum additionally mentioned destruction or injury was reported in round 164,000 buildings and 518,000 particular person models.

The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes, centred within the Kahramanmaras province, additionally shook Gaziantep, Hatay, Adiyaman, Malatya, Kilis, Adana, Diyarbakir, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa, and Elazig. Some 13.5 million individuals have been affected by the quakes.

Buildings constructed earlier than 1999 most destroyed

Most of the destroyed buildings have been constructed earlier than the huge 1999 Izmit earthquake, Kurum mentioned, including no inspection was carried out in these buildings. 

He additionally confirmed an in depth map of the fault line affecting the areas in Adiyaman, saying authorities “will examine ground quality for soil-related liquefaction” to know the huge destruction within the metropolis centre.

More than 43,000 individuals have been killed within the lethal earthquakes in Türkiye, in response to the nation’s catastrophe administration company AFAD.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned Türkiye will start developing greater than 200,000 properties as early as March in areas devastated by the quakes and full the method inside a yr.

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Source: TRTWorld and companies