Three dead in S. Africa mine quake

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Three dead in S. Africa mine quake

From CNN Correspondent Alphonso Van Marsh

Tuesday,

January 10, 2006; Posted: 4:06

p.m. EST (21:06 GMT)

 

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa

(CNN) -- Three miners died and four others were hurt Tuesday when an earthquake jarred rocks loose inside a gold

mine, a company official said.

" Twelve people were working at the mining face at the

time and were trapped by a seismic event, " said Steve Lenahan, a spokesman

for AngloGold Ashanti, which owns the TauTona mine, about 70 kilometers (44 miles)

south of the capital.

Two of the four were seriously hurt, but in stable

condition, he said.

The magnitude-2.4 earthquake occurred at 11:40 a.m. (9:40 a.m. GMT),

shaking the area where the miners were working 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from

the mine entrance and 3 kilometers (nearly 2 miles) below the surface, he said.

An emergency team entered the mine around noon and, within an hour,

discovered the fatalities, he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/10/safrica.goldmine/index.html

 

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