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M6.6 solar flare on 1992-02-06
ClassM6.6NOAA report
Peak19:001992-02-06 UTC
Duration10 min
Peak flux6.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 18 / 2134 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 49 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S15W43 |
| Active region | AR 7039 (20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:19 | 03:25 | 25 | M7.6 | N05W82 | 7030 | |
| 09:28 | 10:28 | 304 | M4.4 | S13W10 | 7042 | |
| 13:36 | 13:54 | 77 | M2.1 | S03E33 | 7048 | |
| 20:51 | 21:02 | 31 | M4.1 | – | – |
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.
← M7.6 1992-02-06M7.0 1992-02-14 →
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A M6.6 flare that began 1992-02-06 18:55 UTC; No. 18 of 2,134 C-class-or-larger flares in 1992.