Frost quakes rarely cause damage but occur when underground water freezes and expands until pressure causes soil and rocks to ...

Frost quakes — loud booms from underground during freezing temperatures — might be alarming to hear, but meteorologists say ...

They are called “frost quakes” and although they are rare, they “can be loud enough to jolt people awake in the middle of the night,” said Brian Lada, an AccuWeather meteorologist.

Did you hear it? Did you hear a loud bang that you did not know where it was coming from? Turns out, it might be a frost quake. National Weather Service Kansas City Meteorologist Randall Collier ...

These conditions set the stage for a series of frost quakes, a rare phenomenon some meteorologists and hydrologists also refer to as “cryoseisms.” Unlike earthquakes, which are caused by shifting ...

More Aileen Andrews/Associated Press Several outlets reported on the loud bangs heard across Missouri this week, attributing them to frost quakes, formally known as cryoseism, linking them to the ...

The great snow storm of 1973 began February 9 and dumped fourteen inches of snow on Columbus, Georgia before it was over. This is a snowman on the grounds of First Baptist Church in Columbus ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Below-zero temperatures Tuesday night and overnight into Wednesday have created the possibility of a wintry weather phenomenon: frost quakes. While they feature a loud popping ...

Rare frost quakes, also known as cryoseisms or ice quakes, were reported throughout the St. Louis region on Monday.

Formally known as a cryoseism, frost quakes need one major factor to occur: rapidly dropping temperatures. On Friday, highs across the area rose to near 50 degrees. But, only 48 hours later ...