Loud booms recently heard in multiple St. Louis-region communities may have been caused by a sudden temperature drop, according to 5 On Your Side's Weather Impact Team. A rare weather phenomenon ...

MISSOURI, USA — Loud booms recently heard ... A rare weather phenomenon, called "frost quakes," was a likely culprit for loud popping sounds heard in Franklin County and surrounding areas ...

Did you hear it? Did you hear a loud bang that you did not know where it was coming from? Turns out, it might be a frost quake. National Weather Service Kansas City Meteorologist Randall Collier ...

MISSOURI, USA — Loud booms recently heard in multiple St. Louis-region communities may have been caused by a sudden temperature drop, according to 5 On Your Side's Weather Impact Team. A rare weather ...

Frost quakes — loud booms from underground during freezing temperatures — might be alarming to hear, but meteorologists say they seldom cause damage.

Frost quakes rarely cause damage but occur when underground water freezes and expands until pressure causes soil and rocks to crack under the strain.

Residents in Fenton, Missouri, reported hearing a booming sound and even a potential earthquake as a result of the cryoseims. Frost quakes have the potential to replicate a small, non-threatening ...