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M6.7 solar flare on 2022-08-28
ClassM6.7GOES-16 science data
Peak16:192022-08-28 UTC
Duration57 min
Peak flux6.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 15 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 3 |
| M/X flares that month | 29 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:47 | 01:20 | – | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 01:26 | 01:34 | 11 | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 18:20 | 18:32 | 29 | M4.6 | – | – |
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.
← M5.3 2022-08-26M8.6 2022-08-29 →
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A M6.7 flare that began 2022-08-28 15:48 UTC; No. 15 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.