It triggered a G4 class geomagnetic storm.
As announced by The Independenta coronal mass ejection hit the Earth’s magnetic field during the night of Sunday March 24 to Monday March 25. “The impact opened a crack in our planet’s magnetosphere and triggered a severe G4 class geomagnetic storm, the strongest geomagnetic storm Since september 2017“explain SpaceWeather.com. For his part, Space.com Talk about “the solar storm of the decade.
No Northern Lights due to sunrise
Unfortunately for huntersnorthern Lights in Europe, it was not possible to admire the celestial phenomenon because the moment chosen by the coronal mass ejection to hit the Earth coincided with the Sunrise and thus the moment when darkness fell. Instead, it was the southern hemisphere, and particularly New Zealand, that was treated to a light show.