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Table 2 Largest geoelectric fields observed between 1958 and 2014 at the Memanbetsu Observatory

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. |E| of 1-min data (V/km)

Geomagnetic disturbances at Memanbetsu

1

13 March 1989 at 21:58

0.184

SC storm (max. ∆H = 747 nT)

2

8 November 1991 at 22:17

0.137

SC storm (max. ∆H = 392 nT)

3

29 October 2003 at 19:54

0.123

SC storm (max. ∆H = 513 nT)

4

30 October 2003 at 19:54

0.120

SC storm (max. ∆H = 467 nT)

5

14 March 1989 at 00:03

0.115

SC storm (max. ∆H = 747 nT)

6

15 July 2000 at 21:36

0.115

SC storm (max. ∆H = 520 nT)

7

24 March 1991 at 04:02

0.115

SC storm (max. ∆ > 467 nT)

8

6 November 2001 at 02:02

0.104

SC storm (max. ∆H = 338 nT)

  1. SC sudden commencement