Aren't earthquakes and other natural disasters increasing every year?

[whitsox]

Aren't earthquakes and disasters getting bigger and more frequent each year because we're due to pass through the galactic equator in 2012?

[Funktapus]

I don't think that's true.

[Hobbit]

The only disasters that are becoming more frequent are cyclones, hurricaines, trunamis and floods. These are only increasing in number because of global warming, a human-caused problem. Earthquakes and other natural disasters are not becoming more frequent - we only hear about more because in this modern age, every corner of the earth has communication across the globe.