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M6.6 solar flare on 2014-01-30
ClassM6.6NOAA report
Peak16:112014-01-30 UTC
Duration40 min
Peak flux6.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 28 / 2016 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 27 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | S13E58 |
| Active region | AR 11967 (41 flares) |
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.
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A M6.6 flare that began 2014-01-30 15:48 UTC; No. 28 of 2,016 C-class-or-larger flares in 2014.