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Frost quakes occur when water soaks into the ground, freezes, and quickly expands. The quick expansion can suddenly move large amounts of soil and cause small earthquakes.
"I was sitting right here in this room and I heard and really loud boom," Fairview Heights resident Susan O'Mara said.
O'Mara said she heard the sound on Monday at her home. The noise was so loud, she said she looked out side because she thought a car ran into a neighbor's house but didn't see anything.
"I didn't know what it was. A little shake to the house. I thought it was an earthquake."
According to experts, frost quakes have been known to put cracks in streets and the foundations of homes and buildings, but that is very rare.
and have most of my life. First off, Russell Kinsaul is a complete media puppet, and wouldn't know the truth if it was looking right at him. Second, never, ever, have I heard of "frost quakes" in this area- another reporter here tried to tell us that any flashes of light that might be seen are caused by "electrical changes that occur when the freezing compresses rocks". And people believe it! Last time I checked, rocks are on the ground and the flashes of light are occurring in the sky. Some serious rock compression I guess!