The invention belongs to the field of
magnetic field detection, and relates to a passive
magnetic field event recording device and recording method, which can
record magnetic field changes, the passive magnetic field event recording device comprises a non-magnetic shell; a damping medium; the magnetic elements comprise permanent magnets and pivot supports, the permanent magnets can rotate, and the whole
system can stay in a plurality of metastable state collective configurations through
magnetic interaction among the magnetic elements; the method further comprises an initialization tool. The invention also discloses a passive magnetic field event recording method, which comprises the following steps of: after a monitoring period is ended, imaging a current final
state pattern of the magnetic element in the device; and comparing the final-
state pattern with the reference pattern, and if a difference exists between the final-
state pattern and the reference pattern, determining that a magnetic field disturbance event occurs during the monitoring period. The
system is free of power supply, simple in structure, easy in function expansion, low in cost, easy in material obtaining and far lower than electronic recording equipment in cost; and the reading can be completed through image comparison only by taking pictures by a common camera.