ecoman, Mexico ? Ignoring blockades, residents filtered into the ghostly center of this city Thursday to see what was left of their homes and businesses after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated the area.

The quake Tuesday killed 28 people, injured 300 and left 10,000 homeless. Though only four were killed in Tecoman, a third of the city’s buildings were destroyed.

“Everything has changed. Everything is destroyed,” Alma Montes de Oca, 25, said when she saw the collapsed real estate office where she works as a secretary.

Across the street, Mexican sailors worked to clear chunks of concrete that had toppled into the street from a bank.

Of the 28 deaths, 25 were in the state of Colima. The region is about 300 miles west of Mexico City.