who: residents in the San Francisco area
what: were injured or killed
when: Monday morning, 8:12 a.m.
where: San Francisco area
why: buildings collapsed
how: an earthquake occurred
Yesterday morning at 8:12 a.m., residents in the San Francisco area were hurt after McHenry's Auto Supply building collapsed from an earthquake the Hayward area.
The fall of this building on 2342 Plum St. killed two people and injured six, according to Jennifer Vu, public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department.
"When the building collapsed, three of the six people were injured enough to be taken to the Hayward General Hospital. It was a sad moment; I couldn't help but wonder how their families must be feeling," Vu said.
People from as south as Los Angeles and as far north as Redding felt the earthquake.
"Luckily, no other serious injuries have been reported in Hayward," Vu said.
McHenry's Auto Supply building is located next to resident Mike Beamer's apartment building.
"I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling," Beamer said.
People from as south as Los Angeles and as far north as Redding felt the earthquake.
"Luckily, no other serious injuries have been reported in Hayward," Vu said.
McHenry's Auto Supply building is located next to resident Mike Beamer's apartment building.
"I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling," Beamer said.
The rolling motion that Mike Beamer felt lasted for about a minute, with a big jolt in the middle.
"I dove under the table just as I heard the explosion outside and a chunk of cement flew through my kitchen window. That's when the screaming started across the street," Beamer said.
Shortly after the collapse, Hayward firefighters and other services came to stabilize the building with ropes and after finding a gas leak in the building, capped a gas line.
"Twenty-one fire personnel, 12 police and five American Red Cross workers responded to the building collapse, with some arriving within four or five minutes of the quake," Vu said.
Under the Richter scale, the epicenter of the earthquake measured a magnitude of 6.4.
"The earthquake occurred on the Hayward Fault. It runs along the [Hayward] hills, so this was a strong one," Scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park Penny Gertz said.
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Shortly after the collapse, Hayward firefighters and other services came to stabilize the building with ropes and after finding a gas leak in the building, capped a gas line.
"Twenty-one fire personnel, 12 police and five American Red Cross workers responded to the building collapse, with some arriving within four or five minutes of the quake," Vu said.
Under the Richter scale, the epicenter of the earthquake measured a magnitude of 6.4.
"The earthquake occurred on the Hayward Fault. It runs along the [Hayward] hills, so this was a strong one," Scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park Penny Gertz said.
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