# Ep79 - Creating a Philippine earthquake catalog from the Spanish records

An episode of [Behind The Science Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1753464681), 7 Aug 2025, 1 h 00 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/ee2ce360/podcast/play/106529013/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-6%2F405229173-44100-2-72537b4f731e1.mp3

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Leonila Bautista about her study that estimated the epicenters and magnitudes of 485 earthquakes that occurred in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period by analyzing more than 6,000 historical accounts.📚Reference: Bautista, M. L. P., & Oike, K. (2000). Estimation of the magnitudes and epicenters of Philippine historical earthquakes. Tectonophysics, 317(1-2), 137-169. 🤝Behind The Science Podcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The Philippine Journal of Fisheries, and SciEnggJ.

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