That's the third ice quake I have heard so far tonight - each one getting louder. Meanwhile, Tej Sahota in Brampton described hearing the loudest bang he had heard yet at about 1 a.m.Īnyone else in #Brampton or #Toronto just experience that loud ice quake or sonic boom thing? that was the loudest one yetĪnd in Aurora, reported counting as many as 14 before she was finally able to get some sleep.

#FrostQuake in #Vaughan? Anyone else heard those 4 loud bangs? just made me check the house for bad guys! Good thing I lift bro! like “two train boxcars hitting each other.”Īnother Tweeter, described the 2 booms in Schomberg sounding as though 'a beam in the house broke it was so loud.'Īnother Tweeter reported hearing four bangs overnight, forcing him to check his home for intruders. One Tweeter in Bolton, described the sounds he heard at 12:30 a.m. Tweets to from residents of Rexdale, Belleville, Schomberg, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Kleinburg, Stouffville, Ajax, Oshawa, Brampton, Orangeville, Keswick all related similar stories of booms overnight, some even into Friday morning.

What it could be? But we couldn't sleep the whole night,' Kalpesh Shah wrote. They were sounded like loud bangs at several intervals. 'We though it may be something fall on the roof, or someone trying to break in. One man wrote in an email to CP24 that he heard the first boom between 12:30 a.m. I have never heard a sound like that,' she told CTVNews.ca 'All my neighbours heard it, it was impossible to sleep through it and it sounded like it was coming from the house. She heard another two huge booms shortly thereafter, then more around 6 a.m. She ran out of bed to make sure her children were safe and looked out the window to see if she could see anything. in the Vaughan area 'like a large object hit my roof, almost like a wrecking ball went into the house.' 26, that also resulted in numerous calls to police.ĬTV Toronto reporter Naomi Parness described the first loud boom at around 3:45 a.m. Tudos said he believes frost quakes were the cause of similar sounds that alarmed residents on Dec. And after speaking to more people and witnesses we came to the determination they were these frost quakes.” “We responded to all these calls and they were all unfounded. “Everyone described it differently and that was why it was hard to categorize the calls we received,” he said. George Tudos of the Peel Regional Police said that early Friday morning the force received more than 100 calls.

Nevertheless, the sounds were unfamiliar to many, sparking concern and widespread discussion on social media.Ĭont. Woodgold said, however, that people shouldn’t be worried for their safety as frost quakes are not dangerous. “And if you’re close to it, it can be like an earthquake,” she said. Woodgold said the pressure will often result in ice breaking or buckling, producing a loud sound and sometimes shaking ground. “Ice can be very rigid at cold temperatures, and as it expands it’s trying to find room for itself and it can build up tremendous pressure,” Cathy Woodgold, a seismologist with Earthquake Canada, told CTV Toronto on Friday. Residents across Toronto and beyond are reporting being awoken early Friday morning by loud booms, which experts say were frost quakes.įrost quakes, also known as cryoseisms, occur after precipitation and bitterly cold temperatures.

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