Geomagnetic storm impacts the Earth

December 15, 2006 | Source: KurzweilAI

A geomagnetic storm began on December 14, produced by a large Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on Dec. 12, according to an Official Space Weather Advisory issued Dec. 14 by the NOAA Space Environment Center.

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Strong to severe geomagnetic storming is expected to last through Friday, December 15. Impacts from this event can cause problems with high frequency (shortwave) communications and satellite operations, and can induce currents in power grids, according to NOAA.

Updates are available on Space Weather Now and Today’s Space Weather.