Earthquake hits Turkey and Greek island- kills one

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the western coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos, leaving one person dead and rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to the Greek capital Athens.


A woman, believed to be about 60, was crushed by the roof of her home and died, the island's mayor said with local officials claiming that at least 10 people were injured.

The epicentre of the quake was about 84km northwest of the Turkish coastal city of Izmir and 15km south of Lesbos, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on its website but the National Observatory of Athens put it slightly lower at 6.1.

Extensive damage was reported at a village on Lesbos, which was at the forefront of a migration crisis two years ago when hundreds of thousands of war refugees landed there seeking a gateway into Europe.

The quake was felt as far away as the Greek capital of Athens, some 367km southwest of the island.