Turkey quake search called off

SEARCHERS have ended efforts to find anyone else alive in the rubble of an earthquake-shattered hotel in eastern Turkey.

The 5.7-magnitude quake struck the city of Van on Wednesday, toppling two hotels, some two weeks after another more powerful earthquake killed some 600 people in the region.

The two buildings had apparently been weakened by the force of first quake.

The country’s disaster management agency said at least 39 people were killed in the second quake.