The unrelenting sun has erupted several times over the past weekend between March 4 and 5, producing powerful M-class solar flares. Solar flares erupted inside the infamous sunspot AR3234, which has already joined at least two X-class flares and several M-class flares. The powerful radiation from the event caused radio blackouts in Australia and New Zealand. Now, to add to the woes, a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the event is expected to hit Earth on March 7. Find out how much damage this solar storm could do to our infrastructure.
This was the event. Reported From SpaceWeather.com who noted on their website, “Solar activity is high over the weekend with several strong M-class solar flares. The strongest so far, Sunspot on March 6 (0228 UTC) M5.8-class explosion from AR3243 causes shortwave radio blackout over Australia”. gave Reports also confirmed that a bright and fast CME was thrown into space during the explosion. was captured by the event NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
“Most storms the cloud Traveling upwards to our planet will miss Earth. Most, but not all. There is a faint halo that suggests an Earth-directed component. A shock may occur on March 9, generating a minor G1-class geomagnetic storm,” the report added.
Blackouts and solar storms plague Earth.
The powerful radiation from these solar flares caused a shortwave radio blackout in Australia and New Zealand for over an hour and a half on March 6. Fortunately, the flares were M-Class and thus GPS and other wireless communications were not affected.
Next, Earth Be prepared for a shock from the incoming CME, which can cause solar storm events. However, a G1-class solar storm is a rare event and should not pose much of a threat. High-altitude areas in both hemispheres will see aurora displays.
However, if the solar storm were advanced, things could be very different. Solar storms in the G4 and G5 categories can potentially damage satellites, disrupt mobile networks and internet services, cause power grid failures and damage ground-based sensitive electronics such as pacemakers and ventilators. can be damaged.
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