Major solar eruptions and high-energy particle events during solar cycle 24

Earth, Planets and Space

Table 2 List of major eruptions associated with large SEP events (16 events)

No.	Flare date and time	Flare size	Flare location	FR location	B0 degree	Final location	V_skykm/s	V_pkkm/s	Max E MeV	SEP^cGOES	Reason^d
1	2011/08/04 03:41	M9.3	N19W36	N19W30	+6.0	N13W30	1,315	2,450	165 to 500	96	A,C
2^a	2011/08/09 07:48	X6.9	N17W69	N08W68	+6.3	N02W68	1,610	2,496	350 to 420	26	A
3	2011/09/22 10:29	X1.4	N09E89	N05E83	+7.1	S02E83	1,915	2,474	80 to 165	35	C
4	2012/01/23 03:38	M8.7	N28W21	N30W22	−5.3	N35W22	2,175	2,150	165 to 500	3,000	C
5^a	2012/01/27 17:37	X1.7	N27W51	N27W82^b	−5.6	N33W82	2,508	2,625	510 to 700	800	C
6	2012/03/07 00:02	X5.4	N17E27	N18E31	−7.3	N25E31	2,684	2,987	510 to 700	1,500	C
7^a	2012/03/13 17:12	M7.9	N17W66	N21W52	−7.2	N28W52	1,884	2,333	420 to 510	500	C
8^a	2012/05/17 01:25	M5.1	N11W76	S07W76	−2.4	S05W76	1,582	1,997	>700	255	-
9^a	2012/07/06 23:01	X1.1	S13W59	S29W62	+3.4	S32W62	1,828	2,464	165 to 500	25	C
10^a	2012/07/08 16:23	M6.9	S17W74	S34W88	+3.7	S38W88	1,495	2,905	165 to 500	18	C
11	2012/07/12 15:37	X1.4	S15W01	S19W06	+4.1	S23W06	885	1,415	165 to 500	96	C,V
12^a	2012/07/19 04:17	M7.7	S13W88	S15W88	+4.7	S20W88	1,631	2,048	165 to 500	70	C
13	2013/04/11 10:55	M6.5	N09E12	N08E11	−5.9	N14E11	861	1,626	165 to 500	114	C,V
14	2013/05/15 01:25	X1.2	N12E64	N12E64	−2.6	N15E64	1,366	2,294	40 to 80	41	C
15	2013/05/22 13:08	M5.0	N15W70	N02W59	−1.8	N04W59	1,466	1,881	350 to 420	1,660	V
16	2014/01/07 18:04	X1.2	S15W11	S19W29	−3.7	S15W29	1,774	3,121	350 to 420	1,000	C

^aFrom Paper 1. ^bThe flux rope location has been revised slightly from Paper 1. ^cPeak >10 MeV flux in pfu; ^dThe factors that contribute to the lack of GLEs: A, ambient medium; C, connectivity in latitude and/or longitude; V, speed.