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M5.8 solar flare on 1992-01-01
ClassM5.8NOAA report
Peak03:541992-01-01 UTC
Duration47 min
Peak flux5.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 19 / 2134 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 40 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S11E67 |
| Active region | AR 6993 (30 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1992
X9.0
X3.9
X3.3
X1.8
X1.7
X1.7
X1.4
X1.3
X1.2
X1.0
M7.8
M7.6
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:03 | 03:14 | 51 | M1.2 | S12W18 | 6988 | |
| 03:23 | 03:31 | 28 | M2.8 | S18W47 | 6985 | |
| 11:18 | 11:31 | 41 | M3.3 | S09E64 | 6993 | |
| 19:58 | 20:33 | 86 | M5.1 | S16W58 | 6985 | |
| 20:11 | 20:23 | 39 | M2.4 | S12W26 | 6988 |
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.
← M7.8 1991-12-28M5.1 1992-01-01 →
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A M5.8 flare that began 1992-01-01 03:42 UTC; No. 19 of 2,134 C-class-or-larger flares in 1992.