A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hits near Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines on June 10, 2023 at 14:50:38 (UTC). Location: 11.793°N, 125.894°E Depth: 40.9 km Nearby Places:Sulat, Eastern Visayas, Philippines47.9 km (29.7 mi) W Borongan, Eastern Visayas, Philippines54.4 km (33.8 mi) WSW The Philippine Sea Plate is bordered by the larger Pacific and Eurasia plates and the smaller Sunda plate. The Philippine Sea plate is unusual in that its borders are nearly all zones of plate convergence. The Pacific plate is subducted into the mantle, south of Japan, beneath the Izu-Bonin and Mariana island arcs, which extend more than 3,000 km along

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