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M7.4 solar flare on 2024-08-02
ClassM7.4GOES-16 science data
Peak04:552024-08-02 UTC
Duration71 min
Peak flux7.4e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 83 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 10 |
| M/X flares that month | 121 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:53 | 02:01 | 14 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 03:17 | 03:25 | 13 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 03:53 | 03:58 | 9 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 07:51 | 07:59 | 11 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 09:08 | 09:16 | 19 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 09:45 | 09:51 | 9 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 12:28 | 12:33 | 9 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 13:44 | 13:50 | 15 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 15:21 | 15:30 | 13 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 23:41 | 23:58 | – | 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.
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A M7.4 flare that began 2024-08-02 04:23 UTC; No. 83 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.