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Boston, MA – If you’re startled by loud booms echoing through the night as temperatures plunge, you’re not alone. Residents from Boston to Worcester may soon experience frost quakes — natural underground cracking events caused by rapidly freezing soil.
According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), frost quakes, also known as cryoseisms, happen when rain or melting snow saturates the ground and then freezes too quickly. As that moisture turns to ice, it expands and puts immense pressure on surrounding soil and rock until it suddenly splits — producing a sharp, thunder-like crack…