Major X4.9 Solar Flare February 25, 2014

MAJOR X-FLARE !!
A major X4.9 Solar Flare was registered by newly numbered active region 11990 at 00:49 UTC this morning.� Associated with this event was a 10cm radio bust reaching 3700 solar flux units with a duration of 85 minutes and a very strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed leaving the blast site but will not have an earth bound component as the active region had just rotated the eastern limb.