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M5.6 solar flare on 2012-07-02
ClassM5.6NOAA report
Peak10:522012-07-02 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux5.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 19 / 1388 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 48 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | S22E02 |
| Active region | AR 11514 (20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:26 | 00:35 | 14 | M1.1 | S15E05 | 11514 | |
| 19:59 | 20:07 | 14 | M3.8 | S17W01 | 11515 | |
| 23:49 | 23:56 | 14 | M2.0 | N14W12 | 11513 |
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 M5.6 flare that began 2012-07-02 10:43 UTC; No. 19 of 1,388 C-class-or-larger flares in 2012.