Ancient temples in the Himalaya reveal signs of past earthquakes

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 11:01 in Earth & Climate

Tilted pillars, cracked steps, and sliding stone canopies in a number of 7th-century A.D. temples in northwest India are among the telltale signs that seismologists are using to reconstruct the extent of some of the region's larger historic earthquakes.

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