Exactly. I lived there decades ago and there were so many, I could usually tell a 3.6 from a 4.2, neither of which even raised an eyebrow in our house. When they got over 4.5, our two dogs and a cat begged me to STOP DOING THAT!!!
Dogs and cats don’t like quakes.
Although the Chinese seemed to originate it, some countries watch for when horses refuse to go back to the barn and pigs and other animals squeal from pressure or discomfort apparently sensed from electromagnetic gas coming up from cracks in the earth’s crust-——followed by major quakes.