Chile a million people lost their homes. The earthquake was also followed by multiple aftershocks. Initial damage estimates were in the range of US$15–30 billion, around 10 to 15 percent of Chile's real gross domestic product. Chile achieved global recognition for the successful rescue of 33 trapped miners in 2010. On 5 August 2010 the access tunnel collapsed at the San José copper and gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó in northern Chile, trapping 33 men below ground. A rescue effort organized by the Chilean government located the miners 17 days later. All 33 men were brought to the
Pabst Mine disaster Pabst Mine disaster The Pabst Mine disaster was an incident that occurred on September 24, 1926 at the Pabst Iron Mine in Ironwood, Michigan, when a mine shaft containing 46 iron ore miners unexpectedly collapsed. Three miners were killed in the initial collapse, while 43 survivors were left trapped for 129 hours. The subsequent rescue of the trapped miners, with the last miner removed from the rubble at 11.22p.m. on the fifth day, made national headlines in the United States. The Pabst mine was named after the Milwaukee brewer Frederick Pabst, who owned the mining lease briefly in the late