## 2 Results and Discussion
Before the occurrence of this severe earthquake a bright aurora was seen in the sky of Japan. It is possible to correlate the triggering of the active fault in the Honshu area of Japan with the sudden change in the magnetic shield of the earth due to the impact of CME from Sun. The effect of earth directed CME would not only trigger the earthquake, but affect the whole environment of the Earth, including the destruction of ozone layers leading to climate change. Active sunspots 487, 488 and 492, along with 486 in the southern part of the Sun, continue to be a possible threat to the changes in the thermosphere, ionosphere, atmosphere and geosphere of the Earth. The mechanism of the cosmic Sun-Earth connection on environment of the Earth has been established by correlation studies of cosmic ray variation with geophysical variables of the Sun [29, 30, 31 and 32]. The effect of Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) from the Sun reveals a sensational impact on the atmosphere and geosphere. It has been observed that there is a close relationship between Kp values (Planetary Indices) and particle flux (Electron flux and Proton Flux) with the CME. The response of the magnetosphere to interplanetary shocks or pressure pulses can result in sudden injections of energetic particles into the inner magnetosphere. It has been recorded that 36 hours before the occurrence of an earthquake, Kp values and E-flux increase drastically. The phenomenon was recorded during the Kutch, Gujarat, earthquake of 2001. When the earth directed CME glances along the magnetic shield, local disturbances in the atmosphere of the Earth have been noticed. During the monsoon of 2003 there were continuous CME glances with the magnetic shield from a group of sunspots, which are responsible for the abnormal record rainfall in northern parts of India, especially Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana states, while states like Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu and other southern parts of India did not receive adequate rain. It has been discovered that the position of active sunspots and their effects on Earth co-ordinates are mirror images of each other. If the Earth directed CME impact is targeted on the magnetic shield it is responsible for a sudden increase in Kp, E-flux as well as Proton flux. The sudden increase in these parameters was found to be responsible for the change in geosphere. Contrary to this phenomenon atmospheric perturbation was preceded by the fall in Kp, E-flux and Proton flux. The Earth's magnetic field acts like a shield, protecting it from the constant stream of tiny particles ejected by the Sun, which is known as the'solar wind'. The solar wind itself is made up of hydrogen atoms, broken into their constituent pieces: protons and electrons. When electrons find routes into our atmosphere, they collide with and excite the atoms in the air. When these excited atoms release their energy, it is given out as light, creating the glowing 'curtains' we see as the Aurora Borealis (or the Aurora Australia in the Southern Hemisphere). Protons'stealing' electrons from the atoms in our atmosphere cause daytime proton auroral spots. The changes in the particle flux depend on changes in magnetic and electric fields [33]. Particle flux from the Sun can suddenly change the Kp (Planetary Indices), which may be directed towards Earth in the form of magnetotail. Interaction of the CME particles with the ionosphere, Earth's upper atmosphere (between 80 and 200 km above the ground), has been noticed [34]. Scientists doing research with magnetometers just before major earthquakes have serendipitously recorded tiny, slow fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field. Satellites equipped with IR cameras could be used to detect seismic hot spots from space. In fact, when [PERSON] and [PERSON] of the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) examined infrared data collected by NASA's Terra satellite, they discovered a warming of the ground in western India just before the powerful January 26, 2001, earthquake in Gujarat.