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M5.7 solar flare on 1992-09-07
ClassM5.7NOAA report
Peak19:361992-09-07 UTC
Duration65 min
Peak flux5.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 20 / 2134 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 35 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S11W57 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:03 | 00:08 | 8 | M1.1 | N12E90 | 7276 | |
| 03:45 | 03:45 | 35 | M3.6 | S08W45 | – | |
| 06:31 | 06:34 | 77 | M7.1 | S08W52 | 7270 | |
| 08:44 | 08:44 | 4 | M1.2 | S09W49 | 7270 | |
| 13:04 | 13:09 | 40 | M3.8 | S09W58 | 7270 | |
| 21:02 | 21:12 | 18 | M3.0 | N17E85 | 7276 | |
| 22:58 | 23:02 | 14 | M2.9 | S10W59 | 7270 |
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.
← M7.1 1992-09-07X1.7 1992-10-30 →
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A M5.7 flare that began 1992-09-07 19:29 UTC; No. 20 of 2,134 C-class-or-larger flares in 1992.