Can animals warn us about earthquakes?

A common myth about earthquakes, stated by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), is that animals can predict earthquakes from weeks to seconds before one. The earliest witness of this theory was in 373 B.C, Greece. Rodents, reptiles, and centipedes reportedly moved from their homes to higher ground before an earthquake. A scientist in Berkley claimed that he could predict earthquakes just by watching the lost dog ads in the local newspaper, as the missing dog percentage went up, the more likely they were running away to safer, higher ground. But this way of predicting earthquakes was not proven accurate, at all. During the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, all the animals began running towards the hilltops, and when recovering the dead bodies, many wondered why there were so little dead animals. Some scientists say it's because animals can hear the low frequency sounds below the earth, sounds so low that no human ear can pick up. Unsurprisingly, no law has been proven yet to explain this behavior, or why animals act this way before disasters!

Lexi K.