2010 Copiapó mining accident

When

5 Aug 2010 – 13 Oct 2010

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

27.16° S, 70.50° W

Description

mine collapse in Chile in 2010

Deaths

0

Cause

landslide

Cave-in and miner rescue in Atacama Region, Chile

A mining accident began on 5 August 2010 with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. Thirty-three men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance. They were all rescued 69 days later.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “33 miners are trapped in a mine in northern Chile”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Chile werden 33 Bergarbeiter in einer Kupfer- und Goldmine verschüttet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se produce un derrumbe en una mina situada cerca de la ciudad de Copiapó, Atacama, Chile, quedando atrapados treinta y tres mineros a setecientos metros de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حادثة انهيار منجم كوبيابو تسفر عن احتجاز 33 عامل على عمق حوالي 700 متر تحت الأرض”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “チリの鉱山で落盤事故が発生するも、33人が奇跡的に生還を果たす。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page