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Iceland is situated on top of the
of tectonic plates
in the earth. Tectonic plates are
of Earth's crust around 100km thick on which Earth's land
sits. The plates below Iceland are continually splitting apart and pushing North America and Eurasia away from each
at an infinitesimally slow rate. Living on a tectonic plate means seismic activity is
. One Reykjavik resident spoke about his
caused by the 18,000 recent quakes. He said: "I have experienced
before, but never so many in a
. It is very unusual to feel the Earth shake 24 hours a day for a whole week. It makes you feel very small and
against nature."
