Building and all the nurses came together to talk and woke the patients up and everybodys Blood Pressure went up. So it was scary for us. We havent felt an earthquake in a long time. Usually youre moving around, youre doing something. Being in california, you like to think youre used to it but its still scary. Reporter that man was born in the bay area and it was scary. They have a protocol there it the hospital if it was a very serious quake. This lasted about five seconds and by the time it was over, everybody knew that everybody was going to be okay. Everybody felt safe. He said those are also the times when you question the structural stability of the building youre in. Again, ill repeat, no reports of any damage or injuries here even near the epicenter on the oaklandberkeley border. Im anne makovec, back to you guys. All right. Anne, thank you so much for that report. Joining us now on the phone we have the Deputy Director of the usgs. Thanks for joining us here this morning, keit
In oakland near the epicenter. Heres his story. Felt a sharp jolt, a few waves after that. It lasted a good 10, 15 seconds and i have been up ever since. Reporter yeah, so youre going to see a lot of tired people around the bay area. They were too shaken up to go back to sleep. But no damage, no injuries. Anne makevoc, kpix 5. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live at usgs in menlo park. What are Officials Say . Reporter good morning, kenny. Well, the quake was downgraded from a 4. 7 to a 4. 4. And it was 7 miles deep and heres what we know about the hayward fault line. The last major earthquake happened in 1868 so about 150 years ago and officials expect a big quake along the line about 140 or so. We should expect the big one. Look at this video. This is what folks experienced in San Francisco. This is a living room shaking. It shook there for about five seconds. [ clearing throat repeatedly ] reporter and again the hayward fault line there, causing in a earthquake and people could feel it al
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