March 1989 geomagnetic storm
An exceptionally powerful geomagnetic storm that struck the Earth on March 13, 1989 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The March 1989 geomagnetic storm occurred as part of severe to extreme solar storms during early to mid March 1989, the most notable being a geomagnetic storm that struck Earth on March 13. This geomagnetic storm caused a nine-hour outage of Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system. The onset time was exceptionally rapid.[1] Other historically significant solar storms occurred later in 1989, during a very active period of solar cycle 22.
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Type | Geomagnetic storm |
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Formed | 9 March 1989 (1989-03-09) |
Dissipated | 13 March 1989 (1989-03-13) |
Power outages | Global communications blackouts; loss of power to the Hydro-Québec power grid |
Areas affected | Worldwide |
Part of Solar cycle 22 |
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