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X2.0 solar flare on 2014-10-27
ClassX2.0NOAA report
Peak14:472014-10-27 UTC
Duration57 min
Peak flux2.0e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (1975 – Jun 2017) | 200 / 491 |
| Rank in year | 5 / 2016 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 47 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | S17W52 |
| Active region | AR 12192 (69 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
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:06 | 00:34 | 38 | M7.1 | S14W44 | 12192 | |
| 01:44 | 02:02 | 27 | M1.0 | S14W44 | 12192 | |
| 03:35 | 03:41 | 13 | M1.3 | S14W44 | 12192 | |
| 09:59 | 10:09 | 27 | M6.7 | S18W48 | 12192 | |
| 17:33 | 17:40 | 14 | M1.4 | – | – |
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.
← M6.7 2014-10-27M6.6 2014-10-28 →
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A X2.0 flare that began 2014-10-27 14:12 UTC; No. 5 of 2,016 C-class-or-larger flares in 2014.