After blizzards and travel chaos, now 'frostquakes' are rattling the nerves of Ohio residents | Mail Online

After blizzards and travel chaos, now 'frostquakes' are rattling the nerves of Ohio residents | Mail Online: "First there were the blizzards and the freezing winds - now residents in several states are having to deal with a new natural disaster: 'frostquakes'.

The rare phenomenon - which occurs when temperatures drop rapidly and cause ground moisture to violently expand and contract - can be as damaging to building foundations as their more violent relatives earthquakes.

Residents in Ohio and Indiana felt the power of a frostquake first-hand on Thursday, as the cryoseismic activity shook their houses and rattled their nerves."