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Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534166/Canada-cold-experiencing-frost-quakes.html
Canada is so cold residents are experiencing loud booms caused by 'frost quakes'
By James Nye
PUBLISHED: 18:55 GMT, 5 January 2014 | UPDATED: 21:09 GMT, 5 January 2014
While America collectively freaks out over their impending 'polar vortex', Canada is changing the game when it comes to cold weather phenomenon as reports of 'frost quakes' emerge from around Toronto and across Ontario.
Indeed, as temperatures drop overnight to around -4f around the city hundreds of people are being startled by hearing large booms - causing them to think their homes are being broken into or gunshots are being fired.
In fact, they are merely hearing the after-effects of the frost quakes - or cryoseism - which are more commonly found on a glacier in the polar regions...
Canada is so cold residents are experiencing loud booms caused by 'frost quakes'
By James Nye
PUBLISHED: 18:55 GMT, 5 January 2014 | UPDATED: 21:09 GMT, 5 January 2014
While America collectively freaks out over their impending 'polar vortex', Canada is changing the game when it comes to cold weather phenomenon as reports of 'frost quakes' emerge from around Toronto and across Ontario.
Indeed, as temperatures drop overnight to around -4f around the city hundreds of people are being startled by hearing large booms - causing them to think their homes are being broken into or gunshots are being fired.
In fact, they are merely hearing the after-effects of the frost quakes - or cryoseism - which are more commonly found on a glacier in the polar regions...