The Sun just produced an M5 Solar Flare from a region at the center of the solar disc

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html

http://www.solarham.com/

A moderate sized Solar Flare is currently in progress. An R2 Level radio blackout did take place. The solar flare was centered around Sunspot 1283 which is located in the center of the visible solar disk.