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In some locations, the plates collide to form mountain ranges like the Himalayas. In other locations, one plate slides under another, creating volcanoes and earthquakes, like in Japan.

On the other, he said, people come to Iceland for its nature, and the nature would not be the same without the country’s volcanoes. “And I would not be in the business,” he said.

Evidence from Scandinavia suggests that such an uplift, coupled with the destabilization of the region’s tectonics, triggered numerous earthquake events between 11,000 and 7,000 years ago.

The nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal resort, one of Iceland's best-known tourist attractions, had to close temporarily as a precaution after a magnitude-4.8 earthquake hit the area last month.