Earthquake Story

Who: residents of area
What: earthquake
Where: San Fransisco Bay area
When: 8:12am, Monday
Why: earthquake hit
How: Struck powerfully

Earthquake Story

 On Monday at 8:12am, the San Fransisco Bay Area's residents suffered from a powerful earthquake.

The McHenry’s Auto Supply building partially collapsed and killed two people, and injured six others. 

 Across the street from McHenry's Auto Supply, eating breakfast, Mike Beamer felt a rolling motion that lasted for about 30 seconds, and had to protect himself from potential danger. 

 "I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling," Beamer said.  "I dove under the table just as I heard an explosion outside and a chunk of cement flew through my kitchen window. That’s when the screaming start across the street.”

 Many workers responded as fast as they could to the scene of the building collapse. 
"Twenty-one fire personnel, 12 police and five American Red Cross workers responded to the building collapse, with some arriving within four minutes of the quake," Jennifer Vu, public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department said.

No other serious injuries in Hayward have been made known at this time. 

"Three of the six people injured were hurt seriously enough to require hospitalization and were transported to Hayward General Hospital," Vu said. 

The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 on the richter scale according to Penny Gertz, a scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park. 

"[The earthquake was] a strong one," Gertz said. 

The earthquake occurred on the Hayward Fault, which runs under the hills.

"People as far south as Los Angeles and as far north as Redding felt the quake," Gertz said.

The two people who were killed in the accident have not been made known to the public. 

"Names of the dead are being withheld pending notifications of families," Vu said.

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