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M5.1 solar flare on 2024-08-23
ClassM5.1GOES-16 science data
Peak20:122024-08-23 UTC
Duration9 min
Peak flux5.1e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 126 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:31 | 03:41 | 13 | M3.4 | – | – | |
| 04:12 | 04:18 | 11 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 13:50 | 13:57 | 19 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 14:52 | 15:05 | 20 | M1.7 | – | – | |
| 16:33 | 16:45 | 26 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 19:23 | 19:33 | – | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 19:39 | 19:44 | 9 | M3.4 | – | – |
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 M5.1 flare that began 2024-08-23 20:08 UTC; No. 126 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.