Sea Ledger, August 1997

1997-08-01 to 1997-08-31 · archive

issued
39
warning-days in force
1,207
in force at month end
40
sea × type cells
46

baseline: same month, previous 5 years — not available for this month (needs three fully collected reference months)

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Quakes30914
Spills61092
Nav aids12649
Incidents11515
Containers13.41
Other02488
War risk01244
Derelicts0622
Towing0311
Wrecks0622
Ordnance0311
Volcanic0311

By sea and type · 46 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1235.7
Quakes · Indian Ocean412
Quakes · Coral Sea39
Spills · Gulf of Mexico234
Spills · North Pacific Ocean228
Quakes · Solomon Sea26
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean26
Quakes · Philippine Sea24
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean128
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean127
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea116
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia113
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean13.7
Containers · Celtic Sea13.4
Quakes · Eastern China Sea13
Quakes · Gulf of Tomini13
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean13
Quakes · Bismarck Sea12.7
War risk · Persian Gulf0124
Other · North Sea062
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea062
Other · Adriatic Sea031
Towing · Black Sea031
Nav aids · Bristol Channel031
Incidents · Caribbean Sea031
Ordnance · English Channel031
Other · Gulf of Mexico031
Derelicts · Indian Ocean031
Other · Labrador Sealong running031
Incidents · Ligurian Sea031
Wrecks · Malacca Strait031
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean031
Other · North Atlantic Ocean031
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean031
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running031
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running031
Nav aids · Philippine Sealong running031
Volcanic · Philippine Sea031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Other · South Atlantic Ocean031
Incidents · South China Sealong running031
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean031
Nav aids · Timor Sealong running031
Spills · Caribbean Sea06
Quakes · Banda Sea02.9

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1997-08, retrieved 2026-09-03

Not for navigation. Warning-days = days each warning was in force within the month, summed. Only warnings we display are counted; the ratio compares warnings issued with the mean of the reference months.

Sea Ledger, August 1997 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards