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Iceland is being torn in two

The island straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, so North America and Eurasia pull apart beneath it by about 2 cm every year.

Geography

Most volcanoes sit on one giant ring

About 75% of the world's active volcanoes and 90% of earthquakes happen along the Pacific Ring of Fire.