If you hear a loud "boom" in the commonwealth this week, it could be a frost quake, a weather phenomenon that happens when temperatures plummet and groundwater freezes quickly. "Since water expands ...

Here in Washington and in many other places across the country, we've had a lot of snow over the past several days, and some areas also had a rare phenomenon known as frost quakes. Never heard of them ...

It’s snow joke: the ground just popped. Freezing cold temperatures can bring a handful of dangers, like hypothermia and exploding trees — but what happens when there’s an explosion-like noise heard ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – Many people in Tennessee reported what seemed like an earthquake across the state Monday night. However, experts said this was not an ordinary earthquake, but ...

Frost quakes, a phenomenon also known as cryoseism, are loud ground vibrations caused by frozen soil or groundwater cracking during rapid temperature drops. They are often mistaken for earthquakes but ...