{"id":151959,"date":"2026-01-27T18:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/151959\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:50:47","slug":"loud-booms-in-your-area-ice-quakes-may-be-the-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/151959\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud booms in your area? Ice quakes may be the cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014 Have you heard loud &#8220;booms&#8221; lately? It might be an ice quake, also known as a frost quake. <\/p>\n<p>After heavy rain or snow, water seeps into the ground. <\/p>\n<p>When the weather turns extremely cold, this water freezes quickly and expands in the soil or bedrock. <\/p>\n<p>The pressure from the expanding ice can cause the ground to crack, resulting in a loud boom or bang. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>These ice quakes are harmless, but the recent winter weather and extreme cold have created ideal conditions for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014 Have you heard loud &#8220;booms&#8221; lately? It might be an ice quake, also known&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-151959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}