Taiwanese authorities have now confirmed that overall 127 are known to be trapped as a result of the Earthquake, writes BBC.

Of these, 77 of them are trapped inside the Jinwen and Qingshui tunnels under mountains in Hualien county, fire officials say.

And as we just reported below, two German citizens are trapped in the Chongde tunnel in Taroko National Park.

The remaining 50 people are trapped in four minibuses that were travelling from central Hualien City to nearby Taroko national park.

They are all staff being transported to the Silks Place Taroko hotel, ahead of a four-day long weekend from Thursday to Sunday for 2 local public holidays.