Two strong Class M flares occurred in the Sun during the day.

Two strong Class M flares occurred on the Sun. This was announced on August 4 on the website of the E.K. Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics.

"On August 04, at 08.15 Moscow time, an outbreak M1.4 was registered in the X—ray range in the group of spots 4168 (N04E14). On August 04, at 07.57 Moscow time, an outbreak M2.0 was registered in the X-ray range in the group of spots 4168 (N04E15)," the report says.

According to the organization, the duration of the M2.0 outbreak was 13 minutes, and the duration of the M1.4 outbreak was 16 minutes.

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The day before, the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Solar Astronomy Institute of Space Research (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) reported a recorded flare on the M2-level Sun, which became the strongest in the last 1.5 months. It is specified that the last time a larger event was observed on the Sun was on June 20, when an outbreak of level X 1.9 occurred at about 3:00 (Moscow time).

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