Alexis+Dinan

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 * Basalt || [[image:http://utahscience.oremjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/Sciber01/8th/rock/images/basalt.jpg width="320" height="240"]] ||
 * LEFT: Feldspar RIGHT: Quartz
 * || [[image:http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/%7Eelb9589/basalts.gif width="386" height="202"]] ||

b. Magnitude ||
 * Magnitude || a. It was a 6.3 magnitude.
 * Impact ||  ||
 * Cause || Earthquakes in New Zealand are due to plate boundry forces. ||