Sea Ledger, October 1998

1998-10-01 to 1998-10-31 · archive

issued
41
warning-days in force
2,795
in force at month end
92
sea × type cells
78

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

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Quakes29121.52
Nav aids41,054.437
Spills4991
Other2389.614
Wrecks2200.78
Incidents01866
War risk01244
Surveys01244
Ordnance0622
Derelicts0622
Containers0311
Towing0311
Structures0622
Exercises0311
Cable ops0933
Restricted0311
Mines0311
Volcanic0311
Missiles0311

By sea and type · 78 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean723.5
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean515
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean443
Spills · North Pacific Ocean253
Spills · Gulf of Mexico235
Nav aids · English Channel210.4
Quakes · Philippine Sea26.8
Quakes · Makassar Strait26
Quakes · Solomon Sea26
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running136.3
Other · South Atlantic Oceanlong running135.8
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel114.4
Other · Makassar Strait112.8
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea19.4
Nav aids · Sulu Sea16.6
Quakes · Coral Sea15.1
Quakes · Arabian Sea13
Quakes · Banda Sea13
Quakes · Eastern China Sea13
Quakes · Molukka Sea13
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean13
Quakes · Indian Ocean11.1
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running0155
War risk · Persian Gulflong running0124
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean0124
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin093
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running093
Other · North Sealong running093
Wrecks · North Sea093
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sealong running093
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running062
Nav aids · North Sea062
Cable ops · Persian Gulf062
Nav aids · Persian Gulf062
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running062
Nav aids · Adriatic Sealong running031
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
Surveys · Adriatic Sea031
Exercises · Aegean Sea031
Towing · Black Sealong running031
Nav aids · Bristol Channellong running031
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea031
Incidents · Caribbean Sealong running031
Containers · Celtic Sealong running031
Nav aids · Celtic Sea031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Wrecks · English Channel031
Other · Gulf of Mexicolong running031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suez031
Derelicts · Indian Oceanlong running031
Nav aids · Indian Ocean031
Other · Labrador Sealong running031
Incidents · Ligurian Sealong running031
Wrecks · Malacca Straitlong running031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel031
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean031
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean031
Restricted · North Atlantic Ocean031
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Surveys · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Derelicts · North Pacific Oceanlong running031
Mines · North Sea031
Structures · North Sea031
Surveys · North Sea031
Structures · Persian Gulf031
Nav aids · Philippine Sealong running031
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Nav aids · Solomon Sea031
Incidents · South Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean031
Incidents · South China Sealong running031
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean031
Nav aids · Timor Sealong running031
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Spills · Gulf of Alaska07
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean04

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1998-10, 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, October 1998 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards