A huge earthquake saw hotels in Rhodes and Turkey “sway and shake really violently” this morning.
At around 12.30am a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck 16 miles from Rhodes, Greece. The tremor was felt across parts of Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Greece, and several other countries in the region. TUI issued an urgent warning to holidaymakers in Greece to “stay calm” as holidaymakers have taken to social media to share how they were awoken by the quake.
The coastal town of Marmaris in nearby Turkey was also hit by an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, at around 2.17am this morning. It has been reported that at last 69 people were injured in Turkey after jumping from buildings to flee the area, and a 14-year-old girl has sadly died.
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