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M6.5 solar flare on 2024-10-19
ClassM6.5GOES-16 science data
Peak06:562024-10-19 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux6.5e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 98 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 1 |
| M/X flares that month | 82 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:27 | 14:34 | 12 | M1.7 | – | – |
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.
← M7.7 2024-10-09X3.2 2024-10-24 →
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A M6.5 flare that began 2024-10-19 06:48 UTC; No. 98 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.