Frost quakes are a cold weather phenomenon that make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors. They can be unsettling but don’t pose any real danger.

Is it cold outside? Are you hearing loud booming sounds in the middle of the night? Don’t call the Ghostbusters—it’s probably just a frost quake.

In northern Finland, a string of relatively strong frost quakes in the city of Oulu generated concern after the seismic phenomenon damaged a house in 2016 and ruptured roads that year and again in ...

(CNN) — A cold weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, which make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors, was felt around Chicago during this week’s bout of ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A cold weather phenomenon known as frost quakes, which make loud booming or popping sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors, was felt around Chicago during ...

It’s not an earthquake, but it may sound like one. Here’s what to know about frost quakes after bitterly cold weather, snow and ice.

It’s not an earthquake, but it may sound like one. Here’s what to know about frost quakes after bitterly cold weather, snow and ice.

Known as "nature's speed bumps," frost heaves appear when temperatures fluctuate and snow and ice trapped under the pavement expands or contracts, causing wrinkles and cracks in the road.

Known as "nature's speed bumps," frost heaves appear when temperatures fluctuate and snow and ice trapped under the pavement expands or contracts, causing wrinkles and cracks in the road.