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M8.2 solar flare on 2024-05-07
ClassM8.2GOES-16 science data
Peak16:302024-05-07 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux8.2e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 72 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:41 | 00:58 | 41 | M2.6 | – | – | |
| 05:59 | 06:16 | 27 | M5.1 | – | – | |
| 08:18 | 08:23 | 21 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 11:40 | 11:50 | 20 | M2.4 | – | – | |
| 12:43 | 12:54 | 15 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 13:16 | 13:25 | – | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 13:32 | 13:35 | 5 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 19:57 | 20:22 | 36 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 21:13 | 21:26 | – | M3.3 | – | – | |
| 21:42 | 21:53 | 25 | M3.2 | – | – |
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.
← M5.1 2024-05-07X1.0 2024-05-08 →
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A M8.2 flare that began 2024-05-07 16:21 UTC; No. 72 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.