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M5.4 solar flare on 2024-07-31
ClassM5.4GOES-16 science data
Peak18:372024-07-31 UTC
Duration49 min
Peak flux5.4e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 113 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 96 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:43 | 01:50 | 10 | M1.9 | – | – | |
| 05:07 | 05:23 | 30 | M4.7 | – | – | |
| 06:28 | 06:46 | 29 | M7.7 | – | – | |
| 12:47 | 13:05 | – | M6.0 | – | – | |
| 13:26 | 13:32 | 10 | M4.4 | – | – | |
| 21:36 | 21:55 | 33 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 22:43 | 22:50 | 15 | M1.0 | – | – |
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 M5.4 flare that began 2024-07-31 18:07 UTC; No. 113 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.