function looksLikeMail(str) {
      var patt = new RegExp(/^(([^<>()[].,;:s@"]+(.[^<>()[].,;:s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@(([^<>()[].,;:s@"]+.)+[^<>()[].,;:s@"]{2,})$/i);
      return patt.test(str);
    }

var c1;
var c2;
var error = false;
c1 = document.getElementById("t8").value;
c2 = document.getElementById("t9").value;
if (document.getElementById("t8").value != "" || document.getElementById("t9").value != ""){
     if (document.getElementById("t8").value != ""){
     var validE;
     validE = looksLikeMail((String)(t8));
     if (!validE){
        error = true;
        alert("invalid email address");
       }
}

<div class="form-row">
  <label class="col align-self-center">&nbsp;<b>email (at least one)</b></label>
  </div>


  <div class="form-row">
  <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3">
  <label for="inputEmail4">email-1</label>
  <input type="email" class="form-control" id="t8" placeholder="email">
  </div>

  <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3">
  <label for="inputEmail5">email-2</label>
  <input type="email" class="form-control" id="t9" placeholder="email">
  </div>
  </div>