Frost Quake Roof

The frost quake weather phenomenon occurs when the ground is saturated with water or ice.

Frost quake roof.

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. A frost quake or cryoseism if you want to use the scientific name isn t a real earthquake because it isn t tectonic. Toronto if you re like many people across the gta you ve heard what sounded like something falling on your roof lately.

Cryoseisms also known as frost quakes or ice quakes may have been the reason loud booms and banging sounds were reported in the chicago area where brutally cold below zero wind chills have taken over. The first occurrence was widely reported across social media on christmas.