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Chile's El Teniente division -- the world's largest underground copper mine -- has partially resumed operations after a ...
Rescue teams have found a body inside a section of a Chilean copper mine that collapsed during a moderate earthquake.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge, approximately 3,440 km from Chile and over 3,500 km from New ...
The bodies of all five miners trapped in a collapsed shaft in the world's biggest underground copper mine for three days have ...
Rescue teams had been searching for the trapped workers for days after the partial collapse of El Teniente, one of the ...
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of the Russian Far East is one of the biggest temblors ever recorded.
The National Copper Corporation of Chile, known as Codelco, said a “seismic event” on Thursday afternoon caused the accident.
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, is now among the top 10 strongest ...
An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, prompting tsunami watches and warnings around the globe. But how does it ...
The earthquake appeared to be the strongest since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan in March 2011 that caused a massive tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Here’s a glance at some of the most powerful earthquakes recorded previously, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.