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M8.4 solar flare on 2024-05-05
ClassM8.4GOES-16 science data
Peak01:272024-05-05 UTC
Duration27 min
Peak flux8.4e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 71 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 148 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:47 | 06:01 | 19 | X1.3 | – | – | |
| 08:07 | 08:19 | 16 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 09:23 | 09:38 | – | M2.3 | – | – | |
| 09:53 | 10:00 | 25 | M7.4 | – | – | |
| 11:41 | 11:54 | 34 | X1.2 | – | – | |
| 14:33 | 14:47 | 22 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 15:28 | 15:38 | 22 | M2.2 | – | – | |
| 16:55 | 17:01 | 10 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 18:34 | 18:40 | 10 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 19:44 | 19:52 | 21 | M1.3 | – | – |
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.
← M9.0 2024-05-04X1.3 2024-05-05 →
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A M8.4 flare that began 2024-05-05 01:15 UTC; No. 71 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.