Is it possible for a tectonic plate to be separating from all the plates around it?

So here's the picture, an island about the size of Sicily is on its own tectonic plate, it borders three other tectonic plates, it's separating from all of them at the exact same time. This is a fantasy setting but I don't want "because magic" to be the only answer, so please tell me if this is scientifically possible. To clarify, plates directly neighboring the small plate are moving away from the small plate, at the same time the small plate is scrunching up.

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