Has the number of natural disasters increased recently (Chile is the most recent victim), or is it just a case of better news coverage?

I mean, we have Chile. Earlier (though less disastrous) was Snowmageddon. The other month it was Haiti. 2008 saw that earthquake in China. In 2005 there was that earthquake in Pakistan, and Hurricane Katrina. Before that it was the tsunami.
And that’s just what I, a marginal news participant, came up with.