A chain of massive earthquakes may have led to the decline and eventual desertion of the pre-Aztec Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, a new study suggests.
Teotihuacan, which is located northeast of modern-day Mexico City and flourished between 150 B.C. and A.D. 650, had a population of more than 100,000 inhabitants at its heyday, but several centuries later that number plummeted substantially, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
