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M5.0 solar flare on 2000-10-01
ClassM5.0NOAA report
Peak07:012000-10-01 UTC
Duration62 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 35 / 2492 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 11 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Active region | AR 9169 (26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:56 | 14:10 | 45 | M2.2 | S24E27 | 9178 |
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.
← X1.2 2000-09-30M7.4 2000-11-08 →
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A M5.0 flare that began 2000-10-01 06:23 UTC; No. 35 of 2,492 C-class-or-larger flares in 2000.