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Iceland is situated on top of
plates that are
in the earth. These are pieces of Earth's
around 100km thick. Earth's land
sits on them. The plates below Iceland are splitting apart and pushing North America and Eurasia away from each
. One Reykjavik resident spoke about his
caused by the recent quakes. He said: "I have experienced earthquakes before, but
so many in a
. It is very unusual to feel the Earth shake 24 hours a day for a
week. It makes you feel very small and
against nature."