Animals can predict weather, so to speak, not so sure about this though. Not a natural event.
My doggo freaked out last night when she heard a frog for the first time. I gar-un-tee she would be up and running around like crazy if she heard our house creak and crack like that.
My border collie went nuts ten minutes before an earthquake hit; they know, they know.
Some animals can hear much better than humans. Our dogs hear things that seem nearly impossible to hear.
Sounds like Vibrations and sounds were been present in the building leading up to the collapse.
Animals may have been aware of it.
But not necessarily any survival instinct.
I had a friend who barely escaped a burning “apartment” upstairs in an old 2 story home (downstairs was a store that had caught fire). He was leaving on the outdoor metal staircase with his cat and the cat freaked out from the fire (not on the stairs) and the smoke and went back into the house.
my cat freaked out when she heard my hot water heater leaking behind a wall