US EditionAll Five Missing Miners Found Dead in El Teniente Collapse
EL TENIENTE COPPER MINE, CHILE, AUG 4 – A 4.2 magnitude tremor triggered the collapse that killed six miners, with investigations ongoing into whether seismic activity or mining operations caused the incident.
- Five workers were trapped in a collapse triggered by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake last Thursday at Chile's El Teniente copper mine and were found dead by Sunday.
- The collapse followed a seismic event whose origin—natural earthquake or mining activity—is under criminal investigation to determine if safety standards were violated.
- Codelco led a rescue effort involving about 100 people, clearing 25.5 metres of underground passages remotely and locating the miners using GPS, but communication with them failed.
- Codelco announced all five miners, aged 29 to 34, were confirmed dead, raising the total death toll to six, and pledged to investigate causes and improve safety measures.
- The accident halted operations at the affected mine section, prompted a three-day national mourning by President Gabriel Boric, and led to evacuation of 3,000 people from the site.
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Chile declares three days of mourning after workers' bodies recovered in mine collapse
Chilean President Gabriel Boric has declared three days of national mourning after the deaths of five mine workers, whose bodies were recovered following a collapse at the El Teniente mine.
Sad certainty for the relatives: All five buried miners in the Chilean copper mine El Teniente are dead. The mine was partially collapsed on Thursday after a quake.
Santiago, Chile.- The five workers of the copper mine El Teniente, who were trapped after a collapse by a strong tremor, were found dead, said on Sunday the Chilean state, Codelco, who pledged to investigate what happened at the site and improve security measures. The number of people killed by the accident amounts to six, including one person who died at the time of the incident on Thursday, 70 hours before the last worker was caught. Codelco’s…
With this discovery, the search for the five trapped workers, all of whom were found dead, has been completed, Chilean authorities said.
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