All five trapped workers at Codelco's El Teniente copper mine have been found dead, a regional prosecutor said on Sunday, after rescue teams cleared more than two dozen meters (78 feet) of underground passages that collapsed in a strong tremor last week.

Rescuers in Chile are racing to find the last two workers trapped in a mine after an earthquake. The state-owned Codelco company announced on Sunday that four workers were now known to have died since the collapse of its El Teniente mine, about 70km (43 miles) south-east of the capital Santiago.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean copper miner Codelco on Sunday said two more workers trapped at its El Teniente mine were found dead, bringing the toll of fatalities from a collapse last week to four.