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M5.3 solar flare on 2023-05-19
ClassM5.3GOES-16 science data
Peak00:482023-05-19 UTC
Duration12 min
Peak flux5.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 40 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 58 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2023
X4.9
X2.8
X2.2
X2.0
X1.9
X1.6
X1.4
X1.2
X1.2
X1.1
X1.0
X1.0
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:05 | 03:12 | 17 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 04:49 | 05:00 | 20 | M2.5 | – | – | |
| 19:45 | 20:06 | – | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 20:14 | 20:26 | 23 | M2.7 | – | – |
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 M5.3 flare that began 2023-05-19 00:41 UTC; No. 40 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.