Six miners trapped in Utah mine

Six miners trapped in Utah mine

HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) — Six miners were trapped by a cave-in Monday at a coal mine five miles from the epicenter of a minor earthquake, authorities said.

By middday Monday, eight hours after the underground cave-in was reported, rescuers were trying to reach the miners. They had not had any contact with them.

Officials were also trying to determine which came first, the earthquake or the collapse.

The Genwal mine reported that the mine had caved in at 3:50 a.m., an hour after the magnitude 4.0 earthquake was recorded, the Emery County sheriff’s office said. It is possible they happened less than an hour apart if there was a delay in reporting the collapse.