Meteorologists said wednesday that sound and other cracking sounds inside and outside houses is called a cryoseism or a frost quake others say it s the sound made by wood and steel.
Frost quakes on roof.
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Ice can be very rigid at cold temperatures and as it expands it s trying to find room for itself.
The jarring frost quakes have people around new england asking what was that watch the reporta panicked sandra tilden of framingham began to search her attic for the source of a series of.
Indianapolis dispatchers across central indiana have been fielding frantic calls from residents who believe they re hearing gunshots exploding gas lines or even secret underground activity but it turns out what they re most likely hearing is actually a loud winter phenomenon called frost quakes.