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M6.8 solar flare on 2023-07-11
ClassM6.8GOES-16 science data
Peak18:082023-07-11 UTC
Duration24 min
Peak flux6.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 24 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 51 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:19 | 14:35 | 25 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 16:02 | 16:12 | 32 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 19:20 | 19:29 | 18 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 22:04 | 22:15 | 19 | M5.8 | – | – | |
| 23:34 | 23:37 | 10 | M1.2 | – | – |
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.
← X1.0 2023-07-02M5.8 2023-07-11 →
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A M6.8 flare that began 2023-07-11 17:51 UTC; No. 24 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.