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M6.8 solar flare on 1989-06-16
ClassM6.8NOAA report
Peak05:221989-06-16 UTC
Duration17 min
Peak flux6.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 94 / 2608 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S16E04 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:15 | 05:13 | 58 | M2.5 | S16E04 | 5533 | |
| 04:19 | – | 26 | X3.0 | S17E03 | 5533 | |
| 12:03 | 12:05 | 8 | M1.0 | S19W70 | 5524 | |
| 12:23 | 12:26 | 17 | M1.4 | S18W01 | 5533 | |
| 16:44 | 16:54 | 64 | M2.4 | S18W08 | 5533 | |
| 18:40 | 19:03 | 102 | M4.9 | S21W02 | 5533 | |
| 21:48 | 21:51 | 64 | M2.5 | S21W07 | 5533 |
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.
← X3.0 1989-06-16M8.7 1989-06-17 →
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A M6.8 flare that began 1989-06-16 05:05 UTC; No. 94 of 2,608 C-class-or-larger flares in 1989.