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M6.7 solar flare on 2016-04-18
ClassM6.7NOAA report
Peak00:292016-04-18 UTC
Duration25 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 2 / 318 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 0 |
| M/X flares that month | 1 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | N12W62 |
| Active region | AR 12529 (17 flares) |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2016
M7.6
M6.7
M5.5
M5.0
M2.3
M2.0
M1.9
M1.8
M1.3
M1.2
M1.2
M1.2
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.
← M5.5 2015-10-02M5.0 2016-07-23 →
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A M6.7 flare that began 2016-04-18 00:14 UTC; No. 2 of 318 C-class-or-larger flares in 2016.