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M5.3 solar flare on 2022-05-04
ClassM5.3GOES-16 science data
Peak00:192022-05-04 UTC
Duration16 min
Peak flux5.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 23 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 22 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2022
X2.2
X1.5
X1.3
X1.1
X1.1
X1.1
X1.0
M9.6
M9.6
M8.7
M8.6
M7.9
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | 08:59 | 24 | M5.7 | – | – | |
| 16:25 | 16:32 | 14 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 19:40 | 19:48 | 22 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 20:09 | 20:27 | 26 | M1.6 | – | – |
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.
← X1.1 2022-05-03M5.7 2022-05-04 →
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A M5.3 flare that began 2022-05-04 00:08 UTC; No. 23 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.