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M6.5 solar flare on 1994-01-02
ClassM6.5NOAA report
Peak22:541994-01-02 UTC
Duration26 min
Peak flux6.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 1 / 361 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 11 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 22 |
| Position on disk | N13E15 |
| Active region | AR 7645 (16 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 1994
M6.5
M6.1
M4.0
M3.9
M3.2
M2.8
M2.7
M2.5
M2.5
M2.4
M2.4
M1.8
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.
← M5.1 1993-06-25M6.1 1994-01-16 →
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A M6.5 flare that began 1994-01-02 22:51 UTC; No. 1 of 361 C-class-or-larger flares in 1994.