One person has been killed and at least 29 injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the town of Sındırgı in the Balıkesir province on Sunday evening.

More than a dozen buildings collapsed as a result of the quake, which sent shockwaves felt some 200 kilometres to the north in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul.

Those injured were trapped under buildings that collapsed after the tremors.

"We had two citizens who escaped on their own. Four of our citizens were rescued through very rapid search and rescue efforts," Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

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"Unfortunately, one of those rescued, an 81-year-old senior citizen, lost his life."

The majority of the buildings that collapsed were derelict and unused, Yerlikaya sa

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