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M5.2 solar flare on 2024-03-23
ClassM5.2GOES-16 science data
Peak13:522024-03-23 UTC
Duration23 min
Peak flux5.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 121 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 13 |
| M/X flares that month | 53 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2024
X8.9
X8.6
X7.0
X5.8
X4.4
X4.4
X3.9
X3.4
X3.3
X3.2
X2.9
X2.8
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:58 | 01:33 | 83 | X1.1 | – | – | |
| 06:47 | 06:55 | 10 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 07:01 | 07:09 | – | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 07:26 | 07:38 | 20 | M3.1 | – | – | |
| 11:22 | 11:29 | 13 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 12:36 | 12:47 | 19 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 13:04 | 13:11 | 15 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 13:31 | 13:37 | 12 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 14:49 | 14:53 | 8 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 15:01 | 15:13 | – | M3.8 | – | – | |
| 15:17 | 15:22 | 9 | M3.7 | – | – | |
| 16:22 | 16:51 | 44 | M2.8 | – | – | |
| 23:30 | 23:49 | 32 | M2.4 | – | – |
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.
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A M5.2 flare that began 2024-03-23 13:51 UTC; No. 121 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.