Earthquake Story

At around Eight Am on Monday morning, an earthquake struck San Francisco Bay. This earthquake killed two and injuring six others. McHenry´s Auto Supply, 2342 Plum St. collapsed, which is what killed two people and injured six, according to, Jennifer Vu, a public information officer from Hayward Fire Department. 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, Vu said. At the moment, the names of the victims are being withheld, Vu said. Hayward resident Mike Beamer, whose apartment is across the street from McHenry´s, said that he felt a rolling motion that lasted for about 30 seconds. ¨I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling. I dove under the table just as I heard an explosion outside and a chunk of cement flew through my kitchen window. Thats when the screaming started across the street.¨ Three of the six people injured were hurt seriously enough to require hospitalization and were transported to Hayward General Hospital, according to Vu. She added the no other serious injuries have been reported in Hayward. The Hayward firefighters used ropes to stabilize the auto shop, conducting a search of the building and capped a gas line after detecting a gas leak at the site. ¨People as far as Los Angeles and as far as North Redding felt the Earthquake,¨ Gertz said. The epicenter of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter Scale, was under the Hayward Hills, according to Penny Gertz, who is a scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park.