An earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay area Monday morning. The quake struck at 8:12 a.m. PDT. A building housing McHenry's Auto Supply at at 2342 Plum st. partially collapsed, killing two people and injuring six others.
"Names of the dead are being withheld pending notifications of families," Jennifer Vu, a public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department, comments.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale, was under the Hayward Hills. The earthquake occurred on the Hayward Fault, which runs under the hills.
"The quake was a strong one," scientist from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo park, Penny Gertz said, " People as far south as Los Angeles and as far north as Redding felt the quake."
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," Vu mentions.
Hayward resident Mike Beamer, whose apartment is across the street from McHenry's 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 the explosion outside and a chunk of cement flew through my kitchen window. Thats when the screaming started across the street," Beamer recalls.
Hayward fire fighters used ropes to stabilize the auto supply shop, conducting a search of the building and capped a gas line after detecting a gas leak at the site.
"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 reports.
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