Japan Sea

IHO sea area 52 · 126° to 142° E, 33° to 52° N

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What the archive shows

1,301 messages are recorded since 1993-06-02 for the Japan 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.

Exercises accounts for 635 of 1,301 recorded messages (49%), 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.

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By category · available archive

Exercises63549%
Missiles19015%
Other1058%
Incidents1038%
Quakes877%
Derelicts514%
Surveys343%
Ordnance292%
Cable ops242%
Nav aids171%
Restricted151%
Wrecks50%
Debris30%
Containers20%
Volcanic10%

Archive · 1,301 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1934/10 · Exercises2010-09-22 → 2010-10-01
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 27 sep thru 01 oct in area bound by 38-15N 129-51E, 38-14N 130-10E,…
  2. HYDROPAC 1933/10 · Exercises2010-09-22 → 2010-10-01
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 26 thru 30 sep in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  3. HYDROPAC 1886/10 · Exercises2010-09-16 → 2010-09-24
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 20 and 24 sep in area bound by 38-15N 129-51E, 38-14N 130-10E, 37-47N…
  4. HYDROPAC 1877/10 · Exercises2010-09-15 → 2010-09-24
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 19 and 23 sep in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  5. HYDROPAC 1876/10 · Exercises2010-09-15 → 2010-09-16
    Gunnery exercises 200001Z to 200800Z and 240001Z to 240800Z sep in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N…
  6. HYDROPAC 1837/10 · Missiles2010-09-10 → 2010-09-17
    Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0600Z commencing daily 15 and 16 sep in area bound by 48-44.0N 140-47.5E,…
  7. HYDROPAC 1824/10 · Exercises2010-09-09 → 2010-09-17
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 12 thru 16 sep in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  8. HYDROPAC 1823/10 · Exercises2010-09-09 → 2010-09-17
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 13 thru 17 sep in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
  9. HYDROPAC 1818/10 · Incidents2010-09-08 → 2010-10-02
    Man overboard from S/V anavar vicinity 46-16N 141-16E at 071152Z sep
  10. HYDROPAC 1771/10 · Exercises2010-09-01 → 2010-09-10
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 05 thru 09 sep in area bounded by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  11. HYDROPAC 1770/10 · Exercises2010-09-01 → 2010-09-10
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 06 thru 10 sep in area bounded by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
  12. HYDROPAC 1732/10 · Exercises2010-08-26 → 2010-09-03
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 29 aug thru 02 sep in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  13. HYDROPAC 1731/10 · Exercises2010-08-26 → 2010-09-03
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 30 aug thru 03 sep in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
  14. HYDROPAC 1681/10 · Exercises2010-08-18 → 2010-08-27
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 22 thru 26 aug in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  15. HYDROPAC 1680/10 · Exercises2010-08-18 → 2010-08-27
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 23 thru 27 aug in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
  16. HYDROPAC 1624/10 · Exercises2010-08-11 → 2010-08-20
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 15 thru 19 aug in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  17. HYDROPAC 1623/10 · Exercises2010-08-11 → 2010-08-20
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 16 thru 20 aug in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
  18. HYDROPAC 1578/10 · Exercises2010-08-04 → 2010-08-13
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 08 thru 12 aug in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…
  19. HYDROPAC 1577/10 · Exercises2010-08-04 → 2010-08-13
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 09 thru 13 aug in area bound by 38-08N 129-51E, 38-08N 130-10E,…
  20. HYDROPAC 1539/10 · Exercises2010-07-28 → 2010-08-06
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0800Z commencing daily 01 thru 05 aug in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E, 38-25N…

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