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A major X5.0 solar flare erupted from Active Region 3536 at 21:55 UTC on December 31, 2023. The event started at 21:36 and ended at 22:08 UTC. This is now the strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle \u2014 Solar Cycle 25 \u2014 and the strongest flare since X9.3 on September 6, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Type IV radio emission was associated with the event. Type IV emissions occur in association with major eruptions on the Sun and are typically associated with strong coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar radiation storms.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the flare event was associated with a 10cm Radio Burst (tenflare) lasting 21 minutes and with a peak flux of 3 100 pfu. A 10cm radio burst indicates that the electromagnetic burst associated with a solar flare at the 10cm wavelength was double or greater than the initial 10cm radio background. This can be indicative of significant radio noise in association with a solar flare. This noise is generally short-lived but can cause interference for sensitive receivers including radar, GPS, and satellite communications.<\/p>\n

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The location of this region does not favor Earth-directed CMEs, but this will change in the days ahead as it rotates toward the center of the disk.<\/p>\n

This region was named 3514 during the last transit and was responsible for the X2.8 solar flare on December 14 \u2014 the strongest solar flare since September 2017 before today\u2019s X5.0.<\/p>\n

There is a small possibility that a part of the CME may reach Earth in a couple of days.<\/p>\n

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Radio frequencies were forecast to be most degraded over the Pacific Ocean at the time of the flare.<\/p>\n

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The explosion was powerful enough to produce a solar tsunami.<\/p>\n

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