Frost quakes normally occur in late fall or early winter. They usually happen when the first arctic air mass of the season ...

Mercifully, the true culprit is a much less nightmarish: ice quakes. Ice quakes, or frost quakes, happen when seismic energy is released from cracks in the frozen ground. When temperatures drop ...

This is also known as an ice quake or cryoseism, according to Accuweather. Since our state of Maine has recently been ...

According to the Maine Geological Survey, a cryoseism, or what is commonly referred to as a frost quake, is a phenomenon that ...

Frost quakes events occur when a rapid drop in air temperatures dramatically decreases the temperature of waterlogged soil, ...

KOIN NOW: Portland snow possible come February with meteorologist Josh Cozart. January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to prepare for the next one.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled parts of New England on Monday morning, with shaking felt from Boston to Portland, Maine, the US Geological Survey said.

These conditions set the stage for a series of frost quakes, a rare phenomenon some meteorologists and hydrologists also refer to as “cryoseisms.” Unlike earthquakes, which are caused by shifting ...

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