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- noun A
seismic event caused by suddenglacial movements or by a sudden cracking action in frozen soil or rock saturated with water or ice.
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Examples
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Did you hear loud booms or banging sounds overnight in Chicagoland? Those sounds might have been cryoseisms, or frost quakes.
Loud booms reported in the Chicago-area could be frost quakes WGN-TV 2019
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