Earthquake in California
At 8:12am Monday morning, Hayward California was smacked with a 6.4 magnitude earthquake killed two and injuring six, luckily, only one building collapsed in the 30 second earthquake. Authority came to the house quickly saving the people trapped and naming the dead at sight.
A resident of the collapsed building Mike Beamer said "I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling. I dove under the table just as I heard an explosion outside and a chunks of cement flew through my kitchen window."
Firefighter used rope to keep the destroyed building up for a short period and found a destroyed gas pipe, spilling natural gas.
The earthquake, although being only 6.4, was to U.S. Geological Survey scientist Penny Gertz was "a strong one" after the quake struck on the Hayward fault that also runs under some hills.
21 firefighters and 12 police were at the scene alone with 5 red cross members with some coming in to help 4 minutes after the quake struck.
Out of the six that survived, three were seriously injured and were transported to the local hospital for treatment and services and officer Jennifer Vu added that "there were no other serious injuries have been reported".
With people even reporting the earthquake in L.A., this was a quake to remember.
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