Calamity
mediumSolar StormCalamity Score: 39

R2 Radio Blackout

2d agoSource: swpc

R2 radio blackout. Minor HF radio fade at low frequencies.

Geographic Context

This solar storm event occurred at coordinates 0.00°, 0.00°.

Event Assessment

This event is a solar storm event classified as medium severity. Calamity.live has classified it as "medium" severity with a severity value of 50. The computed Calamity Score is 39 out of 100, suggesting contained impact at this time. The primary scoring components are: historical (80), population (50), intensity (40). Data for this event was sourced from swpc, one of the 250 scientific monitoring sources aggregated by Calamity.live.

Regional Monitoring Context

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Event Data

TypeSolar Storm
Severitymedium
Severity Value50
Calamity Score39 / 100
Confidence72%
Coordinates0.0000, 0.0000
Timestamp2026-08-25T08:27:21.017Z
Sourcehttps://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/alerts-watches-and-warnings

Score Breakdown

40
intensity
50
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

ScaleR2
EventTyperadio_blackout
Donki ScaleR2
Donki ClassTypeM6.9
Donki EventTyperadio_blackout
Donki SourceLocationN03E05
Donki DonkiId2026-08-25T09:32:00-FLR-001
Donki RadioRisklimited_blackout
Soho Lasco ActivityId2026-08-25T12:53:00-CME-001
Soho Lasco SpeedKms770
Soho Lasco HalfAngleDeg28
Soho Lasco IsHalofalse
Soho Lasco EarthDirectedtrue
Soho Lasco EventTypecme
Soho Lasco NoteCME observed to the E in STEREO A COR2 and SE in GOES CCOR-1, not yet in SOHO LASCO C2/C3 due to a DSN gap. The source is a filament eruption spanning approximately ~S05E20 to ~N05E13, centered ~N03E18, and an associated C4.7 flare peaking at 2026-08-25T12:58Z observed in SDO AIA 131; nearby but not
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Calamity.live data shows a solar storm event with CalamityScore 39/100, based on data from swpc. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.