Solar Flare WatchHome › Flare history › 1989
X4.1 solar flare on 1989-06-15
ClassX4.1NOAA report
Peak19:141989-06-15 UTC
Duration148 min
Peak flux4.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 67 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 8 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S21E08 |
| Active region | AR 5533 (42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:42 | 09:45 | 7 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 11:39 | 11:40 | 8 | M1.6 | N20E90 | 5544 | |
| 14:19 | 14:20 | 48 | M1.0 | N15W22 | 5528 | |
| 18:41 | 18:55 | 55 | M2.4 | N16W16 | 5528 | |
| 21:32 | 22:23 | 71 | M1.2 | N16W17 | 5528 |
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.
← M5.0 1989-06-10X3.0 1989-06-16 →
About this page
A X4.1 flare that began 1989-06-15 18:13 UTC; No. 8 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.