A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale rocked Turkey and Greece on Friday.
At least six people have been killed and more than 200 injured.
Several buildings have collapsed.
The violent earthquake caused a mini-tsunami in Seferihisar, a Turkish city near the epicenter, and swept the coast of the Greek island of Samos.
At least one person has died from drowning.
The hardest hit was the densely populated Turkish coast. Rescuers were in a race against time to extract survivors from the rubble. In Bayrakli, Izmir province, rescuers, aided by locals and police, were trying to force their way through the rubble of a seven-story apartment building using chainsaws, according to the footage. of public television TRT.