Overnight on Jan. 26, many people online reported hearing loud booms, mistakenly assuming they were tremors or earthquakes ...

It’s snow joke: the ground just popped. Freezing cold temperatures can bring a handful of dangers, like hypothermia and ...

Learn what frost quakes are, why they happen, and why they sound like sudden booms.

A frost quake, or a cryoseism, might sound scary, but it is a fascinating phenomenon.

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 ...

If you heard a loud cracking or popping noise, or maybe even felt the ground shake a little, you might have experienced a ...

In northwest Ohio, the average first frost usually occurs around Oct. 6. In southern Ohio, frost tends to happen later, between Oct. 21 and Oct. 31. Freezing temperatures (32 degrees Fahrenheit or ...

Laurel County residents reported hearing loud "booms" or popping noises after a massive snow storm rolled through Kentucky ...

Loud "booms" have been reported in south central Kentucky. Is it a frost quake? What to know ...