earthquake

there was an earthquake in crete on friday and one of the countries affected by the aftershocks was israel. i haven't yet heard any inane "reasons" why this has happened. i always find it quite amusing when many rabbis try to define why these things have occurred. since they are far from neviim i take what they say with a grain of salt.okay with a gallon of salt.  is i think of their "reasons" for these disasters more like they are using gematria. sometimes gematrias are correct but other times you can make the letters stand for words that you want them to mean.or maybe they are not understanding the big picture when they are making these gematrias.
i have no clue why the earthquake from greece had aftershocks in israel. i do think that one issue jewish people need to work on is ahavas yisroel. this is one thing i never hear any rabbi ranting about unless it is tisha b'av. usually they prefer to blame everything on lack of physical tsnius. the second bais hamikdash was destroyed due to sinas chinam. in israel and everywhere there is a lot of sinas chinam among different jewish sects. the frum vs . the non-frum , the charedi vs. the modern orthodox. , the misnagid vs. the chassid. its so much easier to point a finger at others. we are in still in galus. how far have we really come from the days before the chorban.? ahavas yisroel does not just refer to loving a reform jew solely to  mekarev them.
i certainly don't know the definitive reason why any of these disasters have befallen any country. i don't think its even the point. i think that disasters occur more as think questions that don't necessarily have a definitive answer.  perhaps they happen so we realize how fragile life is so that we try to appreciate the time that we do have on this earth. i don't think that they happen so that any clergyman can be pompous and point  fingers.