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M6.0 solar flare on 1989-06-04
ClassM6.0NOAA report
Peak21:291989-06-04 UTC
Duration69 min
Peak flux6.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 106 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S23E67 |
| Active region | AR 5521 (34 flares) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:13 | 02:16 | 51 | M1.0 | S19E34 | 5517 | |
| 02:41 | 02:55 | 81 | M3.4 | S16E72 | 5521 | |
| 07:43 | 07:47 | 35 | M1.0 | N31W64 | 5507 | |
| 08:17 | 08:34 | 59 | M1.6 | S20E71 | 5521 | |
| 08:51 | 09:00 | 62 | M3.7 | – | – | |
| 14:04 | 14:13 | 71 | M2.5 | S20E34 | 5517 | |
| 16:31 | 16:41 | 40 | M2.9 | – | – |
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 M6.0 flare that began 1989-06-04 21:16 UTC; No. 106 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.