Is there a way to predict an earthquake?

People may use any of the following to predict an earthquake:

1. Their own senses, to witness changed animal behavior such as by:

Seeing and hearing birds in suddenly increased and agitated flight and communication patterns that just as suddenly stop;

Seeing burrowing animals out and about as though they're homeless at times that they usually are inside their holes;

Feeling pre-earthquake shock waves;

2. Their own use of or access to scientific equipment, such as:

Creepmeters, to identify movement of the earth's soil;

Global positioning systems, to identify movement of the earth's crust;

Laser light, to identify sudden disruptions in light beam transmissions from one side of a fault line to the other;

Magnetometer, to identify sudden changes in magnetic field activity;

Strainmeters, through the coordinated use of the seismograph and the seismometer, to identify the sudden presence of below ground vibrations;

3. Their own knowledge of previous earthquake activity in the area, from their own experence or through the written record or the oral tradition.