The Listin Diario reports that an analysis from the north branch of the Colegio de Ingenieros, Arquitectos y Agrimensores (Codia), the top engineering society in the Dominican Republic, stipulates that 24 buildings in the city of Santiago must be torn down. The buildings suffered major structural damages that make the demolitions necessary. Ervin Vargas says that the technical evaluation showed that 24 buildings of the total 121 structures affected were rendered unsafe by the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that hit the region on Monday, 22 September.