{"id":792802,"date":"2025-01-17T11:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792802"},"modified":"2025-01-17T11:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:28:05","slug":"impulsive-m7-4-solar-flare-erupts-from-region-3964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=792802","title":{"rendered":"Impulsive M7.4 solar flare erupts from Region 3964"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Solar activity increased again on January 17, with 5 M-class solar flares from 02:11 UTC to 13:35 UTC when the strongest in the series erupted \u2014 M7.4 from Active Region 3964.<\/p>\n<p>There were no radio signatures indicating that a coronal mass ejection (CME) was produced during this event. <\/p>\n<p>The region currently has a Beta magnetic configuration, meaning it is capable of generating further strong eruptions. However, as it continues to rotate toward the west limb, the likelihood of Earth-directed solar flares decreases with each passing day.<\/p>\n<p>Radio frequencies were forecast to be most degraded over South America, South Atlantic Ocean, and parts of Africa at the time of the flare.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls=\"\" loop=\"\" playsinline=\"\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-aia-304.webm\"\/><noscript><video controls=\"\" loop=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-aia-304.webm\" playsinline=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">M7.4 solar flare on January 17, 2025. Credit: NASA\/SDO AIA 131, Helioviewer, The Watchers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: SWPC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute m7.4 solar flare january 17 2025\" class=\"wp-image-214385 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-1024x576.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-180x100.webp 180w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute m7.4 solar flare january 17 2025\" class=\"wp-image-214385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025-180x100.webp 180w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/goes-x-ray-flux-1-minute-m7.4-solar-flare-january-17-2025.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: SWPC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"sunspots on january 17 2025 sdo hmi\" class=\"wp-image-214381 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi.webp 1024w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-70x70.webp 70w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi.webp\" alt=\"sunspots on january 17 2025 sdo hmi\" class=\"wp-image-214381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi.webp 1024w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/watchers.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sunspots-on-january-17-2025-sdo-hmi-70x70.webp 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunspots on January 17, 2025. Credit: NASA\/SDO HMI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Solar activity is expected to be at minor to moderate levels, with a 55% chance of M-class solar flares and 15% for X-class through January 19.<\/p>\n<p>Solar wind environment over the past 24 hours reflected influence of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Solar wind speeds slowly decreased from 480 to around 450 km\/s before an increase to about 525 km\/s around 07:00 UTC today.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast calls for continued enhanced solar wind conditions through January 19.<\/p>\n<p>The geomagnetic field was at quiet to active levels over the past 24 hours. Periods of active conditions are expected on January 17 and 18, followed by quiet to unsettled conditions on January 19, due to negative polarity CH HSS influences.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> Forecast Discussion \u2013 NOAA\/SWPC \u2013 Issued at 12:30 UTC on January 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p><!-- MOLONGUI AUTHORSHIP PLUGIN 4.9.7 --><br \/>\n<!-- https:\/\/www.molongui.com\/wordpress-plugin-post-authors --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/watchers.news\/2025\/01\/17\/impulsive-m7-4-solar-flare-erupts-from-region-3964\/?rand=772108\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar activity increased again on January 17, with 5 M-class solar flares from 02:11 UTC to 13:35 UTC when the strongest in the series erupted \u2014 M7.4 from Active Region&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":792803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-space-weather-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=792802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/792803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=792802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=792802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=792802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}