He Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) reported that its headquarters in Hikamarka From Sunday, November 9 to Tuesday, November 11, 2025, the sun is reported to have produced three intense “solar flares” continuously and at intervals of less than 24 hours.
Head of institution, Hernando Taverareported that this led to an increase in the intensity of the solar wind.
“At this moment, our planet is going through an intense flow of energetic particles, corresponding to one of the most intense this year,” he said.
For his part, Danny Scipionethe owner of Major in Geospace Sciences IGPindicated that it was an intense G4 geomagnetic storm—one point less than a G5 storm, which is very intense.
So far it has achieved a magnetic interference index of 8.
“The maximum peak of this flow occurred approximately at noon yesterday, November 12,” the official noted.
Scipio added that the IGP monitors the impact at the magnetic equator using an ionospheric radar installed in Hickamark Radio Observatoryas well as related instruments such as ionosondes, magnetometers and GPS/GNSS receivers.
They are used to monitor space weather over Peru.
Danny Scipione reported that the impact of geomagnetic storms on space weather includes, among other things, “radio communication problems on certain radio frequencies.”
It also creates interference with equipment that relies on GPS location.
“In May of last year, severe geomagnetic storms were recorded in Canada that caused several GPS-tracking tractors used by farmers to lose course and become unusable for several hours, demonstrating that these types of events seriously affect the activities of civilization. Hence the importance of their study and monitoring,” he warned.
