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X3.4 solar flare on 2006-12-13
ClassX3.4NOAA report
Peak02:402006-12-13 UTC
Duration43 min
Peak flux3.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 93 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 3 / 164 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 9 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 23 |
| Position on disk | S06W23 |
| Active region | AR 10930 (51 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2006
X9.0
X6.5
X3.4
X1.5
M7.9
M6.0
M3.5
M2.5
M2.0
M1.8
M1.4
M1.3
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.
← X6.5 2006-12-06X1.5 2006-12-14 →
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A X3.4 flare that began 2006-12-13 02:14 UTC; No. 3 of 164 C-class-or-larger flares in 2006.