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M7.2 solar flare on 1991-07-30
ClassM7.2NOAA report
Peak07:121991-07-30 UTC
Duration27 min
Peak flux7.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 73 / 3297 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 35 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N14W58 |
| Active region | AR 6734 (29 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1991
X12.0
X12.0
X12.0
X12.0
X12.0
X10.0
X10.0
X9.4
X7.1
X6.1
X5.5
X5.3
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | 16:31 | 42 | M1.8 | N08W59 | 6734 |
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.
← X1.0 1991-07-22X2.3 1991-07-31 →
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A M7.2 flare that began 1991-07-30 07:06 UTC; No. 73 of 3,297 C-class-or-larger flares in 1991.