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M5.0 solar flare on 2024-09-11
ClassM5.0GOES-16 science data
Peak00:122024-09-11 UTC
Duration42 min
Peak flux5.0e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 130 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 5 |
| M/X flares that month | 57 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:27 | 12:36 | 19 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 15:09 | 15:18 | – | M1.4 | – | – | |
| 15:24 | 15:30 | 12 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 17:16 | 17:26 | 15 | M1.6 | – | – | |
| 17:45 | 17:52 | 14 | M2.0 | – | – |
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.
← M5.5 2024-09-01X1.2 2024-09-12 →
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A M5.0 flare that began 2024-09-11 23:49 UTC; No. 130 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.