BREAKING: Taiwan rocked by multiple HUGE earthquakes within MINUTES as BIG ONE fears grow

It comes after the death toll in the previous Taiwan quake has risen to nine with dozens still missing.

Two large earthquakes hit the region within the space of 10minutes.

The magnitude-6.4 quake struck on Tuesday, 14 miles (23 kilometres) north-east of Hualien.

Hualien Mayor Fu Kun-chi said the number of people missing was now close to 60, although an exact figure was not provided. As many as 150 were initially feared missing.

Many of the missing were believed to be still trapped inside buildings, some of which were tilting precariously, after the quake hit about 14 miles northeast of Hualien on Taiwan’s east coast.

At the city’s Marshal Hotel, rescuers trying to free two trapped Taiwanese pulled out one alive, but the other person was declared dead, the government said.

Among the injured were mainland Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Singaporean and South Korean nationals.

More to follow…