Ice can be very rigid at cold temperatures and as it expands it s trying to find room for itself.
Frost quakes on roof.
Indianapolis dispatchers across central indiana have been fielding frantic calls from residents who believe they re hearing gunshots exploding gas lines or even secret underground activity but it turns out what they re most likely hearing is actually a loud winter phenomenon called frost quakes.
Frost quakes also known as cryoseisms occur after precipitation and bitterly cold temperatures.
As far as the noises seemingly coming from the roofs or sides of your homes demets said the booming is coming from the ice and sometimes if you have a large low frequency sound it could cause.
The jarring frost quakes have people around new england asking what was that watch the reporta panicked sandra tilden of framingham began to search her attic for the source of a series of.