Do you have an experience with animals predicting earthquakes?

Question

I had been a little skeptical about that until the late 1980's. I live in the midwest where we have some quakes, the New Madrid Fault. I lived next to a house where there was a dog and I had an 8 week old puppy.

3 minutes or so before the 4.5 or so quake, the other dog, a hound, started to howl, and I thought it was sick (it was old) and my puppy literally jumped up in my arms. I thought she was reacting to the other dog's howling. Just then I felt something and heard a roar, like a loud engine or something, but did not really realize it was a quake at first. I went inside a minute later and my Mom said, "Did you feel the earthquake"? A minute later radio and tv were talking about the quake. This was in St. Louis in 1987 or 1988. It was probably less than a 5 on the Richter scale. But the dogs reacted a full minute-3 minutes ahead of time.

Answer 1

Birds stopped singing before Chino Hills EQ  in CA recently, but other pets acted normal.  

Answer 2

I have not experienced personally but I do believe it. My grandparents told me that back in China, before a major earthquake... the dogs would get very anxious and bark like yours did... also they noticed that on the pond lake, the fishes would be high above level and were very jumpy.

Answer 3

Yes they can tell

Answer 4

yea they can recognise it sum how!!!!

actually there will be some changes in the stratosphere dogs feel nausia sum tin lik dat

Answer 5

Yes.  Our quiet, normally sedate cat became frantic trying to get outside minutes before a major earthquake.

Answer 6

It's been said animals can hear the earth's interior rumble long before an earthquake. I grew up in Southern California, always had dogs and cats and never saw them react before an earthquake. It may be due to being indoors, I don't know. Earthquakes are probably the least predictable act of nature known to man. Even lightning strikes are more predictable. Maybe someday there will be an answer.