The X-class flare was a very serious one, but it won't interfere with anything on Earth. The Sun acted too soon on the day of celebration - July 4, as a great solar flare erupted on the 3rd of July. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was able to capture the outburst.
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X-class Flare
The flare that erupted was an X1.5-class flare. The largest flare the Sun emits is the X-classflare, before A-, B-, C-, and M-class flares. X-class flares are 10 times more powerful than M-class flares, on the hitting order, they are the next one down, and are our solar system's largest explosions - all respect to the 2012 great San Diego fireworks debacle.