Earthquake

Monday morning at 8:12 am PDT, an earthquake hit San Francisco Bay area. The earthquake struck McHenry's Auto Supply store on Plum Street, and partially collapsed. Civilians have been injured or have died due to the earthquake.

    Firefighters, police, and American Red Cross workers who responded to the building collapse, arrived at the scene. Some of the injured required hospitalization, and critical help.

     Two civilians have been found dead, and six are injured.

      “Names of the dead are being withheld pending notifications of families,” Hayward Fire Department public information officer Jennifer Vu said.

     The impact of the earthquake was immensely strong. People were shocked by the hit.

     “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,” Hayward resident Mark Beamer said.

     Out of the injured civilians a few had critical cases.

     "Three of the six people injured were hurt seriously enough to require hospitalization and were transported to Hayward General Hospital. No other serious injuries have been reported in Hayward," said Vu.

     The magnitude of the epicenter of the earthquake on the Richter scale was 6.4, under Hayward Hills.

     “It occurred on the Hayward Fault, which runs under the hills,” Penny Gertz, a scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park said.

     To help out with the casualties, many people arrived.

     “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.

     The earthquake not only affected many living in Hayward Hills, but also people in neighboring cities.

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