It has long been thought that animals seem to sense earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, and other disasters before they occur. But all the reports have been anecdotal. But now with advanced monitoring, research is showing there maybe something here after all:

“Earthquake precursors aren’t well documented scientifically,” says Matthew Blackett, associate professor in physical geography and natural hazards at Coventry University. But some scientists theorise that animals could have evolved a seismic escape mechanism, he says. “Perhaps they detect pressure waves before earthquakes arrive, perhaps they detect changes in electric field as fault lines when rock starts to compress. Animals also contain a lot of iron, which is sensitive to magnetism and electric fields.”

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters