Rhodes has been hit by a mega 6.2-scale earthquake this morning, while Turkey was also rocked by a 5.8 quake that caused 70 people to jump from buildings leaving a 14-year-old dead

The first tremor, measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale, struck 29km north of Rhodes around 12.30am local time and was felt across Greece, Turkey and the rest of the region. A second quake hit Marmaris in Turkey at 2.13am, registering 5.8.

A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near the Dodecanese Islands along the Turkey-Greece border, sending tremors across parts of southern Greece, western Turkey, and coastal regions of the Aegean Sea.