Learn what frost quakes are, why they happen, and why they sound like sudden booms.
It’s snow joke: the ground just popped. Freezing cold temperatures can bring a handful of dangers, like hypothermia and ...
Overnight on Jan. 26, many people online reported hearing loud booms, mistakenly assuming they were tremors or earthquakes ...
A frost quake, or a cryoseism, might sound scary, but it is a fascinating phenomenon.
If you heard a loud cracking or popping noise, or maybe even felt the ground shake a little, you might have experienced a ...
If you hear a loud "boom" in central Illinois this week, it could be a frost quake, a weather phenomenon that happens when ...
Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the ...