Tourists have been rattled by a powerful 6.7 magnitude quake which hit in the middle of the night near popular destinations in the Greek Islands and along Turkey's Aegean Coast killing two people and and injuring scores of others.
The quake hit just after 1.30am (local time) on Friday south of the Turkish city of Bodrum and east of the Greek Island of Kos, where two young people died when a bar roof collapsed with many other buildings extensively damaged and beachfront hotels flooded.
Holidaymakers and residents up and down the Turkish coast ran from their beds after the quake hit and have taken to Twitter to share their experiences.
Kristian Stevens, from Lancashire in the UK, tweeted: "It was quite surreal as I had just laid down in bed and the whole building shook. The whole building shook like a jelly."
"Many of the locals rushed out into the streets still in underwear," Stevens added.
"Some have been seen with blankets and pillows not sure if it is safe to return home."
Former Cardiff City footballer Kevin McNaughton said he is near Dalaman, 190 kilometres from Bodrum and tweeted: "Jesus just experienced earthquake in Turkey, literally crapped myself room shaking allover place, Just stood outside now no sure what to do."
Many people ran out of their homes or holiday apartments with pillows and blankets, according to one Briton who is staying in Didim, around 100km from Bodrum.
Sophie Wild, a 21-year-old tourist from Kent, says she woke to a loud banging nose and just ran out of her third floor accommodation.
"We were asleep and were awoken by what sounded like banging on our door, it got louder and louder and the building started shaking. We jumped up ran to the balcony to see what it was (my first thought when we heard the banging was that we were being attacked).
"When we realised it was an earthquake, we got an immediate sense to get out, we thought the building was going to crumble around us. We ran down our stairs (were on third floor)."
Daniel Markham, a local councillor from Kent in the UK, said he felt the effects on the Greek island of Rhodes.
He tweeted: "#earthquake #Rhodes felt it here too. Pretty strong. Looked out the window to see the waves in the pool."
