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By Sarah Tate Feb 17, 2021 Have you heard some loud popping noises outside your home? Maybe your house shook a bit and you asked, Was that an earthquake? If so, what you may have experienced is a frost quake. A frost quake, also known as an ice quake or cryoseism, occurs when water seeps into the ground and quickly freezes. As the water turns to ice, it expands, resulting in the surrounding ground to crack and create a loud noise or even tremble. Over the last week, Tennessee was hit with harsher winter weather than it typically experiences in a season, and as a result, snow and ice cover a vast part of the state. With another ice storm on the way, it doesn t seem as if the ground will thaw any time soon. ....
The freezing weather brought by Storm Uri has caused rare frost quakes in Tennessee as the winter storm continues to wreak havoc across the US. Trained weather spotter Cody Warren heard the loud bangs early Wednesday morning which shook his house in Perry County. The quakes, also known as cryoseism, are more commonly found on a glacier in the polar regions. The phenomenon is caused when rain and ice seep down into the soil and then freeze when the temperature drops. When the water freezes, it expands, putting pressure on the surrounding soil and rock which then crack, producing a loud bang. ....