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X1.4 solar flare on 2023-08-07
ClassX1.4GOES-16 science data
Peak20:462023-08-07 UTC
Duration47 min
Peak flux1.4e-04W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank among X flares (since Jun 2017) | 60 / 108 |
| Rank in year | 7 / 3209 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 4 |
| M/X flares that month | 27 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:29 | 04:41 | 21 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 15:25 | 16:11 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 16:24 | 16:26 | 7 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 19:37 | 19:51 | 20 | M1.4 | – | – |
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.
← M5.5 2023-08-06M6.0 2023-09-03 →
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A X1.4 flare that began 2023-08-07 20:30 UTC; No. 7 of 3,209 C-class-or-larger flares in 2023.