NASA has upped the chance of solar flares earlier today with active region AR11719 harbouring a delta class magnetic field, however it was AR11718 that ultimately went pop at 2038ut on the 12th April with a M3.3 class flare. It had already given off 3 smaller C-class flares in the preceding 24 hours, however showing some spot development throughout the day it's beta-gamma magnetic field finally snapped resulting in the flare that can be seen in the Mauna Loa GONG image above. The chances are that the resultant coronal mass ejection is not directly Earth bound, although the possibility of a glancing blow exists.