One person is dead and five people remain trapped after a mine collapsed in Chile. The mine collapsed after the U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake near where the El Teniente mine is located, just after 5:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, July 31, according to The New York Times and The Associated Press .

A deadly collapse at Codelco's El Teniente copper mine in Chile results in one confirmed death and leaves five workers trapped underground. A reported magnitude 5 earthquake is suspected to have triggered the disaster,

Chile’s state mining company shut one of its largest copper mines on Thursday after a partial collapse killed at least one person. Rescuers were searching for five others on Saturday. The National Copper Corporation of Chile,