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New active region producing M-class solar flares
A new sunspot region is now rotating into view and it is active. It already managed to produce three low-level M-class events (R1-minor) in just 24 hours. It started yesterday with an M1.1 solar flare and this morning it produced an M3.0 solar flare at 04:57 UTC and a very long duration M1.5 solar flare a 08:15 UTC.
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Minor G1 geomagnetic storm (Kp5) Threshold Reached: 13:52 UTC
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| Last X-flare | 2025/03/28 | X1.1 |
| Last M-flare | 2025/04/20 | M1.0 |
| Last geomagnetic storm | 2025/04/20 | Kp5 (G1) |
| Spotless days | |
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| Last spotless day | 2022/06/08 |
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