What is the spiritual meaning of natural disasters like the earthquake on Dec, 26th?

Since the earthquake on Dec, 26th has happened and one can listen to the radio or TV that there are more and more dead people day by day, I am asking myself about the spiritual meanig of such natural disasters.

As God's creation is perfect, I have come to the conclusion that this earthquake and the ones following have dissolved much karma in the affected regions: a sign of spiritual progress!? God has catched the lost souls because of a lack of orientation on the path of love?!

On a german news feed I have read that the earthquake has speed up the rotation of our planet by some micro seconds. On the same web source there is an article about the wild animals that were affected by the earthquake: Several national parks were flooded but NO DEAD ANIMALS found, nor elephants, nor tigers, nor rabbits. It seems that God has warned all animals to seek shelter at the right time. Why and how?

What is the answer to my question?

With love,

Andreas