A huge has rocked the island of Rhodes and parts of . At least one person has died in Turkey, with reports of panicking locals jumping from buildings to try to escape any potential collapse.

The tremor, measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale, struck 29km north of Rhodes around 2.17am local time at a depth of 68km, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

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