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X1.1 solar flare on 2012-07-06
ClassX1.1NOAA report
Peak23:082012-07-06 UTC
Duration13 min
Peak flux1.1e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 388 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 7 / 1388 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 6 |
| M/X flares that month | 48 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:37 | 01:40 | 5 | M2.9 | S18W41 | 11515 | |
| 02:44 | 02:51 | 14 | M1.0 | S11W50 | 11514 | |
| 08:17 | 08:23 | 10 | M1.5 | N14W42 | 11516 | |
| 10:24 | 10:29 | 8 | M1.8 | S17W42 | 11515 | |
| 13:26 | 13:30 | 6 | M1.2 | N12W57 | 11513 | |
| 18:48 | 18:55 | 17 | M1.3 | S18W51 | 11515 |
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.
← M6.2 2012-07-05M6.9 2012-07-08 →
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A X1.1 flare that began 2012-07-06 23:01 UTC; No. 7 of 1,388 C-class-or-larger flares in 2012.