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X5.4 solar flare on 2012-03-07
ClassX5.4NOAA report
Peak00:242012-03-07 UTC
Duration38 min
Peak flux5.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 52 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 1 / 1388 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | N17E27 |
| Active region | AR 11429 (28 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2012
X5.4
X1.8
X1.7
X1.4
X1.3
X1.1
X1.1
M9.0
M8.7
M8.4
M7.9
M7.7
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:05 | 01:14 | 18 | X1.3 | N22E12 | 11430 |
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.
← X1.1 2012-03-05X1.3 2012-03-07 →
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A X5.4 flare that began 2012-03-07 00:02 UTC; No. 1 of 1,388 C-class-or-larger flares in 2012.