The quake struck at 10:48 pm local time (1948 GMT) and was also felt in the tourist hotspot of Izmir, the AFAD agency said. There were no immediate reports of victims.

Images of at least one house destroyed and others damaged by the quake in the hillside town of Sindirgi were aired by the private DHA news agency.

"Following the earthquake, which was also felt in surrounding regions, AFAD and all of its teams... have begun working on the ground," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

In August, a quake of the same magnitude killed one person and wounded dozens of others in Sindirgi.

Turkey is crisscrossed by several geological fault lines which have previously caused catastrophes in the country.

A quake in February 2023 in the southwest killed at least 53,000 people and devastated Antakya, site of the ancient city of Antioch.

At the beginning of July, a 5.8-magnitude tremor in the same region resulted in one death and injured 69 people.