Bering Sea
IHO sea area 55 · -180° to 180° E, 51° to 67° N
- in force
- 4
- last 12 months
- 19
- archive messages
- 626
- categories
- 15
What the archive shows
626 messages are recorded since 1979-11-08 for the Bering Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Spills accounts for 166 of 626 recorded messages (27%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
- An older warning still listed in force · issued 2025-06-10 06:19ZIn the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
In force now · 4
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
Longest in force
- NAVAREA XII 344/25 · Nav aids2025-06-10In the Bering Sea near Alaska, high frequency radio services at Shemya remote site (52-43N 174-07E) are off air.
- NAVAREA XII 98/26 · Nav aids2026-02-17The US Coast Guard remote communication facility at Shemya, Alaska, has inoperative high-frequency transmit and receive services.
- HYDROPAC 2700/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Russia establishes a scientific mooring at seven metres depth in Bering Strait at 66-19.59N 168-57.01W, cancelling a previous warning.
- NAVAREA XII 639/26 · Surveys2026-09-17Scientific moorings at 15 meters depth are established in the Bering Strait, Alaska, at two locations, and a previous warning is cancelled.
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By category · available archive
| Spills | 166 | 27% |
| Exercises | 162 | 26% |
| Quakes | 127 | 20% |
| Nav aids | 54 | 9% |
| Other | 40 | 6% |
| Surveys | 27 | 4% |
| Incidents | 26 | 4% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 1% |
| Derelicts | 6 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 0% |
| Debris | 2 | 0% |
| Towing | 1 | 0% |
| Wrecks | 1 | 0% |
| Containers | 1 | 0% |
| Mines | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 622 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 1377/99 · Incidents1999-12-10 → 2000-01-21F/V anyo maru 1, 36 persons on board, sunk in 61-00N 179-59W at 092000Z dec
- USGS-USP0009HJ6 · Quakes1999-11-13 → 1999-11-16131 km wnw of attu station, alaska
- USGS-USP0009FHZ · Quakes1999-10-07 → 1999-10-1085 km wnw of adak, alaska
- NOAAORR-7435 · Spills1999-09-30 → 1999-10-14M/V river ways 10; just offshore, village of mekoryuk, n side nunivak island, bering sea
- USGS-USP0009F4S · Quakes1999-09-28 → 1999-10-01Earthquake magnitude 6.1 (mwc) in 54.590N 168.263E, depth 33 km at 280500Z sep 99
- HYDROPAC 747/99 · Nav aids1999-08-07 → 1999-10-22Bukhta lavrova radiobeacon 60-19.3N 167-04.9E off air
- HYDROPAC 746/99 · Nav aids1999-08-07 → 1999-10-22Bukhta yuzhnaya glubokaya radiobeacon 60-19.3N 167-04.9E off air
- USGS-USP0009AZF · Quakes1999-07-03 → 1999-07-06135 km e of ust’-kamchatsk staryy, russia
- HYDROPAC 575/99 · Nav aids1999-06-30 → 1999-10-22Mys navarin light 62-22.3N 179-09.5E unlit and radiobeacon off air
- NOAAORR-7400 · Spills1999-05-10 → 1999-05-24During the first week of may 1999, the uscg intercepted a chinese fishing vessel illegally fishing in the…
- NOAAORR-7399 · Spills1999-05-08 → 1999-05-22Unimak island at cave point, alaska
- USGS-USP00094UD · Quakes1999-03-20 → 1999-03-2378 km wsw of adak, alaska
- NOAAORR-7387 · Spills1999-02-19 → 1999-03-05Dutch harbor, alaska
- USGS-USP00091UC · Quakes1999-01-28 → 1999-01-3118 km wsw of nikolski, alaska
- USGS-USP0008KAE · Quakes1998-04-15 → 1998-04-18115 km se of ossora, russia
- NOAAORR-5011 · Spills1997-11-26 → 1997-12-10Unalaska island, alaska
- NOAAORR-7204 · Spills1997-05-17 → 1997-05-31Anchor point, alaska
- NOAAORR-7190 · Spills1997-02-19 → 1997-03-05Akun island, aleutian island chain, alaska
- USGS-USP0007W26 · Quakes1997-01-19 → 1997-01-22117 km wsw of adak, alaska
- NOAAORR-7157 · Spills1996-10-24 → 1996-11-07Tanaga island, aleutian island chain, alaska
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.