The magnetic storm on the night of February 17th became the strongest this month.

The G2 class magnetic storm that occurred on the night of February 17th was the strongest in the current month. This was reported by the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS).

"A G2-level magnetic storm began and immediately ended at night. It became the strongest in February," the specialists said in a statement. According to their data, the duration of the phenomenon was less than an hour.

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