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Table 1 Large GIC events measured between December 2005 and March 2008

From: Estimation of geomagnetically induced currents based on the measurement data of a transformer in a Japanese power network and geoelectric field observations

Number

Date and time (UT)

Max. GIC of 1-s data (A)

Geomagnetic disturbances at Memanbetsu

1

14 December 2006 at 23:55

3.85

SC storm (max. ∆H = 272 nT)

2

10 November 2006 around 10:04

2.23

Gradual storm (max. ∆H = 143 nT)

3

23 May 2007 at 10:40

1.81

Positive bay

4

30 November 2006 around 09:09

1.75

Gradual storm (max. ∆H = 108 nT)

5

9 July 2006 at 21:39

1.59

Sudden impulse

6

14 April 2006 around 10:15

1.58

Gradual storm (max. ∆H = 157 nT)

7

19 August 2006 around 14:22

1.52

Gradual storm (max. ∆H = 103 nT)

  1. SC sudden commencement