Turkey's Istanbul-based earthquake research centre says the powerful quake that hit the Aegean Sea caused a small 'tsunami' at the Turkish resort of Bodrum, where waters surged but damage was limited and appeared only slight.
The Kandilli Observatory' director, Haluk Ozener, told reporters the tsunami waters swept between 10 and 100 metres in to the coast.
The Observatory said the quake's magnitude was 6.6. Ozener said it was followed by some 160 aftershocks, the highest measuring 4.8.
The quake caused cracks on the walls of some buildings in the resort of Bodrum, flooded the lower floors of sea-front hotels and restaurants and sent moored boats crashing toward the shore.
Tourists and residents spent the night outside on beach loungers or in cars.
Boat captain Metin Kestaneci, 40, told the private Dogan news agency that he was asleep on his vessel when the quake hit.
"There was first a noise and then a roar. Before I could ask 'what's happening?' my boat was dragged toward the shore. We found ourselves on the shore," Kestaneci said. "I've never experienced such a thing."
A local official saaid about 70 people were treated in hospitals in the Turkish resort of Bodrum for minor injuries as the earthquake sent people rushing to the streets in panic.
Greek authorities have confirmed that two tourists killed on the Greek island of Kos when a wall collapsed onto a bar were from Turkey and Sweden.
