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M7.4 solar flare on 2025-01-17
ClassM7.4GOES-16 science data
Peak13:352025-01-17 UTC
Duration14 min
Peak flux7.4e-05W/m²
| Comparison | Value |
|---|---|
| Rank in year | 29 / 3004 |
| Other M/X flares that day | 7 |
| M/X flares that month | 43 |
| Solar cycle | Cycle 25 |
Compared with the strongest flares of 2025
X5.1
X4.0
X2.4
X1.9
X1.9
X1.8
X1.8
X1.7
X1.7
X1.2
X1.2
X1.2
Other M/X flares that day
| Date | Begin | Peak | Min | Class | Location | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:01 | 02:11 | 15 | M1.3 | – | – | |
| 03:08 | 03:20 | 25 | M1.1 | – | – | |
| 09:10 | 09:19 | 11 | M2.0 | – | – | |
| 11:19 | 11:37 | 29 | M1.5 | – | – | |
| 18:42 | 18:50 | 21 | M2.1 | – | – | |
| 19:44 | 19:49 | 10 | M1.8 | – | – | |
| 22:00 | 22:05 | 13 | M1.0 | – | – |
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.
← X1.8 2025-01-04M6.7 2025-01-31 →
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A M7.4 flare that began 2025-01-17 13:24 UTC; No. 29 of 3,004 C-class-or-larger flares in 2025.