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G1Peak 12 March 1993 at 18:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 12 March 1993 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 11 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Thu 11 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Fri 12 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Fri 12 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 12 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 12 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 12 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 12 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 12 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Fri 12 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 13 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sat 13 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 13 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 13 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sat 13 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 13 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 13 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 13 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 14 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 14 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 12 MarSat 13 MarSun 14 Mar
Kp 0–3 Kp 4 Kp 5–6 (G1–G2) Kp 7+ (G3+) Times in UTC; faded bars are forecasts.

Three-hourly Kp from GFZ, one day either side of the storm.

Where the aurora could be seen

1,358 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 368 Seattle, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Saint Paul Yakima
Canada 359 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Hamilton
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,753 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.

Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.

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