Overview

• Rescue teams have removed around 16 meters of rock from the Andesita tunnel and recovered the bodies of four of the five trapped workers, leaving one unaccounted for
• A magnitude 4.2 earthquake on July 31 triggered the tunnel collapse about 900 meters underground in the O’Higgins region
• Codelco deployed nearly 100 specialized rescuers, including medical staff and geomechanics experts, supported by seismographic monitoring and remote-controlled drilling rigs
• President Gabriel Boric suspended public events and ordered all state resources toward the emergency as Mining Minister Aurora Williams leads an on-site crisis committee
• Sernageomin has opened a technical investigation to determine whether seismic forces, mining activity or safety protocol lapses caused the structural failure