Earthquake Story

Monday morning in the San Francisco Bat are, a earthquake striked.

The earthquake  had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale. A scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Penny Gertz, called the quake a “strong one”.

A McHenry’s Auto Supply on 2342 Plum St.  collapsed partially, killing two people and injuring six others. 

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, a public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department, said.

 A resident of the apartments across the street from McHenry’s, Mike Beamer, said he felt a rolling motion that lasted for about 30 seconds, with a big jolt coming in the middle.

" 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. That’s when the screaming start across the street.” Beamer said.

The Hayward firefighters had to use ropes to stabilize the shop and conducted a search of the building and capped a gas line after detecting a gas leak at the site.

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