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M5.3 solar flare on 2024-11-06
ClassM5.3GOES-16 science data
Peak14:382024-11-06 UTC
Duration17 min
Peak flux5.3e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 120 / 3708 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 13 |
| M/X flares that month | 80 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:28 | 02:38 | 17 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 03:02 | 03:09 | 11 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 07:36 | 08:04 | 46 | M2.9 | – | – | |
| 08:48 | 08:50 | 5 | M5.8 | – | – | |
| 11:56 | 12:04 | 13 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 12:56 | 13:02 | 14 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 13:24 | 13:40 | 21 | X2.3 | – | – | |
| 17:10 | 17:18 | 12 | M1.2 | – | – | |
| 18:53 | 18:59 | 19 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 20:35 | 20:42 | 16 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 22:43 | 23:05 | – | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 23:10 | 23:16 | 10 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 23:42 | 00:04 | 33 | 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.
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A M5.3 flare that began 2024-11-06 14:27 UTC; No. 120 of 3,708 C-class-or-larger flares in 2024.