As far as I know there is nothing more reliable than animals for detecting earthquakes. Typically animals go crazy when they realize a coming earthquake. http:

As far as I know there is nothing more reliable than animals for detecting earthquakes. Typically animals go crazy when they realize a coming earthquake. http://gizmodo.com/5833733/how-your-dog-knows-an-earthquake-is-coming-way-before-you-do http://gizmodo.com/5833733/how-your-dog-knows-an-earthquake-... One way to take advantage of that could be to stick sensors (radio monitoring, RFID or something) to some animals. If the animals go crazy then the pattern of their movements is a reliable sign of a soon coming earthquake.