Many people have been talking about the loud booming noises they’ve been hearing. As our meteorologists explained in a previous story, those are called ice quakes.

Ice quakes can also refer to the cracking of glacial ice or when the ice in a frozen lake breaks apart. When an ice quake occurs, the sound it makes has been described as gunshots, exploding bombs or ...

Ice quakes can also refer to the cracking of glacial ice or when the ice in a frozen lake breaks apart. When an ice quake occurs, the sound it makes has been described as gunshots, exploding bombs or ...

Whether it's a bang, crash or a snap – perhaps you've been woken up to a loud noise coming from outside your home this week.

DANBURY — It can pop up in the winter and sounds like a loud explosion. But what it really is, is cryoseism — or ice quakes. It’s caused when there’s a significant drop in temperature ...

WAUPUN, Wis.—A weather phenomenon known as an ice quake has left a Waupun family with a giant, 100-foot long crack in their rural driveway. Dennis Olsen heard an explosive sound last week and ...

The large booming sound is the rock splitting apart as the ice expands. Frost quakes are so weak that Earthquake Canada’s instruments can’t pick them up.

Ice quakes are generally harmless, but in rare instances the have caused damage to structural foundations or caused light shaking of the earth similar to a low-end earthquake.

Some in Tennessee called police after the sound of ice quakes made them think people were breaking into their homes. "These happen at areas where there is already stress building up," Patterson ...

WAUPUN, Wis. (AP) - A weather phenomenon known as an ice quake has left a Waupun family with a giant, 100-foot long crack in their rural driveway. Dennis Olsen heard an explosive sound last week ...

Some even reported feeling tremors. The loud sounds were actually caused by a natural phenomenon known as "cryoseism," also known as an "ice quake" or "frost quake." ...

The loud sounds were actually caused by a natural phenomenon known as "cryoseism," also known as an "ice quake" or "frost quake." Steam rises off Lake Michigan in Chicago as temps plunge to -23 ...