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before people do because they are able to hear the rumblings outside of human range or feel the trembling as it begins.

I live on the 5th floor of an apartment building and Ember is a totally indoor cat, has never been outdoors. She does have an exceptionally good sense of hearing and often goes on alert to sounds in the building long before I hear them, like people getting on the elevator at the ground floor.

We are outside the range of this quake, but Ember seems to have heard or felt it.