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M6.8 solar flare on 2024-09-12
ClassM6.8GOES-16 science data
Peak14:432024-09-12 UTC
Duration15 min
Peak flux6.8e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 92 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03:55 | 04:04 | 15 | M1.0 | – | – | |
| 06:04 | 06:18 | 24 | M2.7 | – | – | |
| 09:31 | 09:43 | 19 | X1.2 | – | – | |
| 13:13 | 13:21 | 18 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 14:56 | 15:06 | 23 | M1.6 | – | – |
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.
← X1.2 2024-09-12M5.4 2024-09-13 →
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A M6.8 flare that began 2024-09-12 14:31 UTC; No. 92 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.