962 people were injured in the earthquake, of those, 219 are being treated in hospital at the moment, it noted.

It added that search and rescue efforts to recover people trapped under the rubble continued at 9 collapsed or damaged buildings.

So far, there have been 1044 aftershocks, 43 of them were greater than magnitude 4.0, it noted.

The massive magnitude 6.6 quake was felt in both Greece and Turkey.

Two people have lost their lives on the Greek island of Samos, the Greek officials said.