Sunday night’s conditions were not consistent with conditions that induce frost quakes.

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.

Like recent conditions, most frost quakes were heard on Feb. 2, 2014, when 40-degree temperatures dropped to single-digit readings by nightfall.

People around Lake Minnetonka have reported hearing loud booms, along with their homes shaking. A cause hasn't been confirmed but one possibility is frost quakes.

Unusual frost quakes, characterised by loud popping sounds and small earthquake-like tremors, rattled Chicago during a recent polar vortex as at least 40 people died across the US due to the ...

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.

(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 ...