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X1.3 solar flare on 1992-09-06
ClassX1.3NOAA report
Peak21:001992-09-06 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux1.3e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 307 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 8 / 2134 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 11 |
| M/X flares that month | 35 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S11W46 |
| Active region | AR 7270 (49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:56 | 02:10 | 29 | M1.0 | S10W32 | 7270 | |
| 02:32 | 02:35 | 19 | M1.1 | S09W37 | 7270 | |
| 05:15 | 05:17 | 59 | M2.4 | S09W39 | 7270 | |
| 06:57 | 07:05 | 81 | M1.3 | S13W32 | 7270 | |
| 08:57 | 09:07 | 33 | M3.3 | S11W38 | 7270 | |
| 11:47 | 12:07 | 66 | M4.0 | S11W42 | 7270 | |
| 13:01 | 13:13 | 66 | M1.4 | S13W40 | 7270 | |
| 15:05 | 15:27 | 63 | M1.1 | S09W40 | 7270 | |
| 17:15 | 17:16 | 25 | M1.1 | S11W41 | 7270 | |
| 18:42 | 18:46 | 129 | X1.7 | S11W41 | 7270 | |
| 23:35 | 23:39 | 8 | M1.3 | – | – |
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.
← X1.7 1992-09-06M7.1 1992-09-07 →
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A X1.3 flare that began 1992-09-06 20:50 UTC; No. 8 of 2,134 C-class-or-larger flares in 1992.