Meteorologist Lea Hill, on X on Monday: "Frost quakes! They're caused by rapidly freezing temperatures & expanding ice. They are shallow, don't release much energy, and are not associated with fault ...

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

While they feature a loud popping noise, frost quakes are harmless. The below-zero temperatures, however, are dangerous.

Loud booms recently heard in multiple St. Louis-region communities may have been caused by a sudden temperature drop, ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Residents of Palo Alto County reported loud booms to KTIV on Tuesday morning. The Arctic temperatures were likely the culprit, creating a phenomenon called a “frost quake” in ...

Missourians noted hearing bangs and crashes the past couple of days, the result of frost quakes from freezing weather.

As the winter sun set on February 3, 2023, the Caribou, Maine branch of the National Weather Service (NWS) was flooded with ...

Loud booms in Saint Louis are likely caused by "frost quakes," a rare weather phenomenon due to a sudden temperature drop.

Tuesday, January 21st was the start of a record-breaking storm that has since torn through the Gulf Coast up into the Carolinas, dropping several inches of snow and breaking records along the storm's ...

A rare weather phenomenon, called "frost quakes", was a likely culprit for loud popping sounds heard in Franklin County and ...

The coldest air of the winter is about to descend across the United States, and the upcoming Arctic express could set off ...

A rare weather phenomenon, called "frost quakes," was a likely culprit for loud popping sounds heard in Franklin County and ...