By NIALL CHRISTIE

GLASGOW holidaymakers today told how they had the fright of their life when an earthquake struck on a holiday isle.

Two people died and dozens of people were injured when the 6.5-magnitude quake struck at about 1.30am, rattling Greek islands and the Turkish Aegean coast early yesterday.

Lauren Bullock, 20, from Cranhill, and is currently away with two friends, her parents and young siblings.

She said: “I was asleep and then woke up with the room shaking and the beds banging together.

“When it happened I ran down to the bar, some of the glasses had dropped but not much else was broken.

“We have been going to the same hotel in Kefalos for twelve years now and our area seems OK, with little damage.

“At first I couldn’t quite grip what was happening and I still keep thinking that it was all just a dream.

“I woke up shouting for my mum and ran out my room, I got the fright of my life.”

Holidaymakers are now trying to get flights back to the UK.

With the next flight due to arrive back in Scotland from the island of Kos, which was amongst the worst affected areas, not due to land until late this evening, holiday-makers have been making the best of a bad situation.

Twitter user Joe Fae Glesga is also in Turkey, staying in the resort town of Altinkum.

He said: “The hotel was very shaky after the first tremor and a lot of people slept outside by the pool but by 7am towels were back on sunbeds and everything was back to normal. "

The McKay family, who are also in Kos, were forced to flee their hotel after the first tremors in the early yesterday.

Julie McKay and her 14-year-old daughter Nieve were also caught up in the terror attack at the Manchester Arena which killed 23 people two months ago, according to STV.

The family are now trying to get back home to Glasgow.

An easyJet flight from Kos is due to land in Glasgow just before midnight tonight and the airport say that they “are not seeing any issues”.

A spokesperson for easyJet said: “Our schedule from Turkey and the Greek Islands is not affected and will operate as planned.”