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X1.7 solar flare on 1992-10-30
ClassX1.7NOAA report
Peak17:301992-10-30 UTC
Duration301 min
Peak flux1.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 239 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 6 / 2134 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 25 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S22W61 |
| Active region | AR 7321 (35 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
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.
← M5.7 1992-09-07X9.0 1992-11-02 →
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A X1.7 flare that began 1992-10-30 17:02 UTC; No. 6 of 2,134 C-class-or-larger flares in 1992.