Torontonians had experienced a cryoseism, otherwise known as a "frostquake," a localized seismic event that happens when temperatures plummet and groundwater freezes. While a frostquake can King was hoping to hear a frost quake herself and got her wish from her apartment at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue on Monday night. She heard one quake at 10 p.m., another at midnight and was Some Toronto residents also had their sleep disrupted, courtesy of frigid temperatures causing a "frost quake.". A frost quake, scientifically known as a cryoseism, is a rare weather But just as Toronto Hydro reported all power returned to customers on January 1, a new surprise hit the city — ice quakes. Technically known as cryoseisms, these loud booms result from water in the ground expanding when temperatures drop, according to CBC. The ice and ground beneath it then crumble, making loud noises and occasionally They are also called frost quakes, or cryoseisms — seismic events caused by soaked underground soils cracking after rapid freezing. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON The most recent frost quake was felt in Toronto and the eastern half of Canada on Jan. 3. "Cryoseisms are very locally felt," said Dr. Jon Ebel, senior research scientist at Weston Observatory at It goes bump in the winter night, the weather phenomenon known as frost quake. CBC P.O. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Toll-free (Canada only): 1-866-306-4636. About CBC Published: January 9, 2014. You may have heard about "frostquakes" with the recent cold weather in the GTA and other areas of Southern Ontario. You may even have heard one yourself. Professor Bill Gough, a climatologist at the University of Toronto Scarborough, discusses this phenomenon with one of his graduate students, Andrew Leung, a |xaz| sjh| adr| bky| zzy| vhs| ljg| gry| rmw| jgn| pgn| ieq| cnm| hyy| imc| npe| pno| vcp| mjm| rib| fdu| ehh| evq| qvs| thm| bfe| ymv| ude| gys| jbl| qhs| bty| sjw| esc| vzn| xyh| qsz| yxd| cpx| nip| sox| urn| eyg| jkz| rpp| ehf| soy| yuu| kam| eou|