On November 8, two new M-type solar flares were recorded, the Institute of Applied Geophysics informed our agency.
The first was class M1.2 in sunspot group 4,566 (S07W00), duration 25 minutes and the second was class M1.1 in sunspot group 4,566 (S07W03), duration 20 minutes.
Solar flares are classified into five categories based on the intensity of the X-rays: A, B, C, M and X. The minimum class, A0.0, corresponds to a radiation intensity of 10 nanowatts per square meter in Earth's orbit. With each letter in a row, the intensity increases 10 times.