- A strong earthquake hit eastern Taiwan on Tuesday night.
- Another quake hit the island 24 hours later, along with more than 100 aftershocks.
- Nine people have died and and hundreds more injured.
- Rescuers fear dozens of people are stuck in collapsed buildings.
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Nine dead, 265 injured after two consecutive major earthquakes hit Taiwan's east coast
A hotel has collapsed and several buildings have been damaged in Hualien.
A powerful, 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's east coast shortly before midnight Tuesday (local time), killing nine and injuring as many as 265 people.
A second 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the country 24 hours later.
The initial quake originated about 13 miles (21 kilometers) northeast of the coastal Hualien City, where several buildings were damaged and the Marshal Hotel collapsed.
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Mainland Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Singaporean and South Korean nationals were among the injured
A volunteer rescuer, Yang Hsi Hua, told Reuters: "This is the worst earthquake in the history of Hualien, or at least over the past 40 years that I've been alive."
Despite aftershocks, no tsunami warnings have been issued.
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