Sea Ledger, January 1998

1998-01-01 to 1998-01-31 · archive

issued
56
warning-days in force
1,531
in force at month end
54
sea × type cells
53

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

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Quakes42118.74
Spills111427
Nav aids1377.513
Surveys198.94
Exercises118.61
Other02488
Incidents01555
War risk01244
Derelicts0622
Containers0311
Towing0311
Wrecks0622
Ordnance0311
Volcanic0311

By sea and type · 53 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean2055.5
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean821
Spills · Gulf of Mexico563
Quakes · Indian Ocean39.2
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean39
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean239
Spills · North Pacific Ocean213
Quakes · Bismarck Sea26
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia120
Exercises · Aegean Sea118.6
Spills · South Pacific Ocean17
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean15.9
Nav aids · Persian Gulf15.5
Quakes · Banda Sea13
Quakes · Coral Sea13
Quakes · Ionian Sea13
Quakes · Philippine Sea13
Quakes · Solomon Sea13
Quakes · Tasman Sea13
War risk · Persian Gulf0124
Nav aids · North Sea062
Other · North Sea062
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sealong running062
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea031
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
Surveys · Adriatic Sea031
Towing · Black Sea031
Nav aids · Bristol Channel031
Incidents · Caribbean Sealong running031
Containers · Celtic Sea031
Ordnance · English Channel031
Other · Gulf of Mexico031
Derelicts · Indian Ocean031
Other · Labrador Sealong running031
Incidents · Ligurian Sealong running031
Wrecks · Malacca Straitlong running031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin031
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean031
Derelicts · North Pacific Oceanlong running031
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running031
Surveys · North Sea031
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running031
Nav aids · Philippine Sealong running031
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Other · South Atlantic Ocean031
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean031
Incidents · South China Sealong running031
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running031
Nav aids · Timor Sealong running031

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1998-01, 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, January 1998 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards