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M5.7 solar flare on 2022-12-15
ClassM5.7GOES-16 science data
Peak22:402022-12-15 UTC
Duration36 min
Peak flux5.7e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 20 / 2392 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 8 |
| M/X flares that month | 44 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:24 | 01:37 | 24 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 06:55 | 07:07 | 26 | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 07:54 | 07:58 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 09:55 | 10:16 | – | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 10:23 | 10:30 | 13 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 15:58 | 16:10 | 20 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 16:35 | 16:44 | – | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 16:47 | 16:56 | 24 | M2.0 | – | – |
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 M5.7 flare that began 2022-12-15 22:20 UTC; No. 20 of 2,392 C-class-or-larger flares in 2022.