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M5.8 solar flare on 1993-02-17
ClassM5.8NOAA report
Peak10:381993-02-17 UTC
Duration28 min
Peak flux5.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 7 / 1216 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 17 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | S07W87 |
| Active region | AR 7420 (74 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1993
M9.7
M9.6
M8.7
M7.7
M7.3
M7.0
M5.8
M5.4
M5.1
M5.1
M4.4
M4.3
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.
← M9.6 1993-02-06M5.1 1993-03-02 →
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A M5.8 flare that began 1993-02-17 10:36 UTC; No. 7 of 1,216 C-class-or-larger flares in 1993.