Around 500,000 earthquakes are recorded across world every year, key to limit massive destructions may be liked to unique move in 1970s. Here's what experts are saying

Approximately 500,000 Earthquakes are registered across the globe every year, according to US Geological Survey (USGS). As Colombia reels from one of the strongest earthquakes in its recorded history that killed at least 250, just weeks after more than 6,000 ​deaths in twin quakes in neighboring Venezuela, many turned ​to scientists to learn how to restrict or limit the destruction.

The earth is a dynamic planet; it rotates, orbits the sun and is always in a tumultuous state under the surface. Regions in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, Central America and the Caribbean are particularly at risk due to regular tectonic movement, NewsVoir reported.