Five Bosnian miners died a day after a 3.5-magnitude earthquake led to a collapse at the Raspotocje mine in central Bosnia. 29 other miners were able to escape.

On Friday, rescue workers recovered 29 of the 34 miners that were trapped 1,600 feet below ground on Thursday due to a rock burst, said the manager of the mine, Esad Civic.

"The mining accident in the Raspotocje pit is a huge tragedy for all of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We lost five lives, unfortunately," Nermin Niksic, the prime minister of Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat federation, told the Fena news agency, according to Reuters.

However, family members rejoiced over the miners who were lucky enough to survive the incident.

"He is alive!" Admira Durakovic cried out before breaking down after her husband Amir was rescued, reports USA Today.

Retired miner Alija Celebic waited for his son Bego, who was one of the 29 survivors

"He was hurt in the mine just two weeks ago, and now this!" Celebic said. "All is good as long as he is alive!"

According to officials, Thursday's earthquake struck near the town of Zenica, causing two tunnels in the mine to collapse following a gas explosion.

Muris Tutnjic, one of the miners who escaped on Thursday, recalled the earthquake that triggered the collapse, stating that the underground blast "just blew us away."

"I was alone. ... Thank God I managed to pull myself out," Tutnjic told The Associated Press. "My colleagues ... they were some 200, 300 maybe 400 meters (yards) away from me, they got covered."

Civic said Friday the rescue effort had been halted after the 29 miners were pulled out, but rescuers could not reach the remaining five men.

Dzenan Hodzic, spokeswoman for the local hospital, reported that "None of them has life-threatening injuries."