Record no. MRB-2026-005903

Longest Survival Trapped Underground

Reference Record – Not Certified

This record is compiled from publicly available sources for reference. It has not been examined or certified by The Book of World Records.

In 2010, 33 miners survived 69 days trapped roughly 700 meters underground after the San Jose copper-gold mine near Copiapo collapsed, with all brought to the surface alive by October 13, 2010. Their rescue, watched by an estimated global television audience of over a billion people, is considered the longest survival of trapped miners on record.