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X1.2 solar flare on 2014-01-07
ClassX1.2NOAA report
Peak18:322014-01-07 UTC
Duration54 min
Peak flux1.2e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 349 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 12 / 2016 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 27 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2014
X4.9
X3.1
X2.2
X2.0
X2.0
X1.8
X1.6
X1.6
X1.6
X1.5
X1.3
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
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.
← M7.2 2014-01-07M6.6 2014-01-30 →
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A X1.2 flare that began 2014-01-07 18:04 UTC; No. 12 of 2,016 C-class-or-larger flares in 2014.