The quake struck at 13:41 (10:41 GMT), some 19km (12 miles) north-east of the city of Van.
The extent of any damage or injuries is not yet known, although Turkey's Anatolia news agency reports that several houses have collapsed.
Turkey is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines.
Two earthquakes in 1999 with a magnitude of more than 7 killed almost 20,000 people in densely populated parts of the north-west of the country.
While the US Geological Survey put Sunday's quake at a magnitude at 7.3, Turkey's Kandilli observatory gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.6.
Anatolia reported that rescue workers were trying to reach people thought to have been trapped under the wreckage of a seven-storey building in the city of Van, close to the Iranian border.
A Reuters news agency reporter in the town of Hakkari, around 100 km (60 miles) south of Van, said he felt his building sway for around 10 seconds, but there was no immediate sign of casualties or damage in Hakkari.
The extent of any damage or injuries is not yet known, although Turkey's Anatolia news agency reports that several houses have collapsed.
Turkey is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines.
Two earthquakes in 1999 with a magnitude of more than 7 killed almost 20,000 people in densely populated parts of the north-west of the country.
While the US Geological Survey put Sunday's quake at a magnitude at 7.3, Turkey's Kandilli observatory gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.6.
Anatolia reported that rescue workers were trying to reach people thought to have been trapped under the wreckage of a seven-storey building in the city of Van, close to the Iranian border.
A Reuters news agency reporter in the town of Hakkari, around 100 km (60 miles) south of Van, said he felt his building sway for around 10 seconds, but there was no immediate sign of casualties or damage in Hakkari.
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