Frost Quake On Roof

Ice quakes are real and terrifying.

Frost quake on roof. Because of the type of soil. They re called frost quakes or the technical term. A frost quake or cryoseism if you want to use the scientific name isn t a real earthquake because it isn t tectonic. More about ice quakes ice booms.

A rare phenomenon is occurring in the us and canada. It sounded like somebody dropped a wrecking ball on my. 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. While the noise may be alarming this normally doesn t cause any damage to your roof.

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. For now the possibilities of frost quakes are probably confined to the frigid flat plains of the midwest the southeastern canada area and the northeastern u s. 26 that also resulted in numerous calls to police. Ice refreezing on the roof ice that forms or refreezes on your roof can make booms and loud cracking sounds as the ice expands under the layer of ice already there.

Tudos said he believes frost quakes were the cause of similar sounds that alarmed residents on dec. Toronto if you re like many people across the gta you ve heard what sounded like something falling on your roof lately. Earthquakes happen when tectonic plates the enormous sheets of earth s. The frost quake weather phenomenon occurs when the ground is saturated with water or ice.

Loud booms are waking people in the night.