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M7.6 solar flare on 2016-07-23
ClassM7.6NOAA report
Peak05:162016-07-23 UTC
Duration24 min
Peak flux7.6e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 1 / 318 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 2 |
| M/X flares that month | 7 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 24 |
| Position on disk | N02W74 |
| Active region | AR 12567 (26 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
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 M7.6 flare that began 2016-07-23 05:00 UTC; No. 1 of 318 C-class-or-larger flares in 2016.