Rescue teams found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed two days earlier during a moderate earthquake, the mine's director said Saturday. Rescuers have been trying to reach five miners who were trapped Thursday evening in the El Teniente mine in central Chile as rocks collapsed around them during a 4.

The accident, which took place on Thursday, was caused by one of the largest tremors ever recorded at El Teniente, with the impact of a 4.2 magnitude quake.

A drone view shows the entrance to Codelco's El Teniente copper mining complex, after several miners have been reported missing at the Andesita unit following a seismic incident, in Maitenes, Chile August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza