The firefighters and residents of the city explained what they felt and how it happened. They describe what the firefighters had to do get the destruction under control and what happened to the people who were affected by the quake.
Earthquakes can be a very dangerous, destructive, powerful force of nature that can lead to injury and in other cases even death. "A building housing McHenry's Auto Supply partially collapsed, killing two people and injuring six others," said Jennifer Vu, a public information officer from the Hayward Fire Department.
The people of San Francisco were willing to describe what they felt during that earthquake. "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 started across the street," Mike Beamer, a resident at Hayward, said.
The strongest parts of an earthquake can be very destructive. They sometimes just shake the ground while others can tear the ground apart. "The epicenter of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Ritcher scale, was under the Hayward Hills," said Penny Gertz.
When a quake like that happens many services like the fire department, the police and other medical groups such as local hospitals and the Red Cross may show up. "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.
"Three of the six people injured were hurt seriously enough to require hospitalization and were transported to Hayward General Hospital, said Vu.
She added the no other serious injuries have been reported in Hayward.
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