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X5.7 solar flare on 2000-07-14
ClassX5.7NOAA report
Peak10:242000-07-14 UTC
Duration40 min
Peak flux5.7e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 44 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 1 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 54 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | N22W07 |
| Active region | AR 9077 (30 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2000
X5.7
X4.0
X2.3
X2.3
X2.0
X1.9
X1.9
X1.8
X1.8
X1.2
X1.2
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:39 | 00:45 | 11 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 13:44 | 13:52 | 16 | M3.7 | N20W08 | 9077 |
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.
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A X5.7 flare that began 2000-07-14 10:03 UTC; No. 1 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.