Year 10 BBB 3 - The Challenge of Natural Hazards - Tectonic Hazards
Using Figure 2 and your own understanding, suggest how plate
movements cause tectonic hazards in Iceland.
Figure 2
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
ICELAND
Reykjavik
g
Rate of plate
movement:
2.5 cm per year
Atlantic Ocean
0 50 100 km
Key
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(plate margin)
Direction of
plate movement
A Volcano.
Capital city
Several hundred
earthquakes are
recorded in Iceland
every year. Some
have magnitudes
of over 6 on the
Richter scale.
Figure 2, a map of
Iceland showing the
tectonic plates.