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M6.7 solar flare on 1989-03-12
ClassM6.7NOAA report
Peak08:281989-03-12 UTC
Duration69 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 96 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 100 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1989
X20.0
X15.0
X13.0
X9.8
X6.5
X5.7
X4.5
X4.1
X4.0
X4.0
X3.9
X3.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:16 | 00:29 | 27 | M7.3 | N28E09 | 5395 | |
| 14:56 | 15:03 | 40 | M2.5 | N29W00 | 5395 | |
| 16:03 | 16:24 | 26 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 20:28 | 20:40 | 35 | M6.3 | N30W02 | 5395 | |
| 23:35 | 23:37 | 8 | M1.4 | N28W04 | 5395 |
All times UTC. Until June 2017 classes are NOAA's reports of the time (GOES-15 and earlier included a 0.7 scaling factor); later classes come from calibrated GOES-16/18 data, so the same flare reads about 1.4× larger. Do not compare the two periods directly.
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A M6.7 flare that began 1989-03-12 08:16 UTC; No. 96 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.