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 2335/08 · Exercises2008-11-28 → 2008-12-23
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 02, 04, 09, 11, 16, 18 and 23 dec in area bound by 38-25N 128-45E,…
  2. HYDROPAC 2331/08 · Exercises2008-11-28 → 2008-12-13
    Gunnery operations 0001Z to 0800Z daily 01 thru 05, 08 thru 12, 22 thru 24, 26 and 29 thru 31 dec in area…
  3. HYDROPAC 2146/08 · Exercises2008-10-31 → 2008-11-28
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 03, 04, 06, 07, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27 and 28 nov…
  4. HYDROPAC 2125/08 · Exercises2008-10-29 → 2008-11-28
    Gunnery operations 0001Z to 0800Z daily 03 thru 07, 10 thru 14, 17 thru 21 and 24 thru 28 nov in area bound…
  5. HYDROPAC 2032/08 · Exercises2008-10-17 → 2008-10-22
    Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0200Z commencing daily 20 and 21 oct and 0400Z to 0700Z daily 21 and 22 oct in…
  6. HYDROPAC 2016/08 · Cable ops2008-10-15 → 2008-10-16
    Cable repairing operations in progress until 06 nov by M/V asean restorer in area bound by 42-15.0N…
  7. HYDROPAC 2001/08 · Exercises2008-10-14 → 2008-10-20
    Hazardous operations 192300Z to 200200Z and 200400Z to 200700Z oct in area bound by 42-15.0N 131-56.5E,…
  8. HYDROPAC 1988/08 · Exercises2008-10-11 → 2008-10-18
    Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0200Z commencing daily 16 and 17 oct and 180400Z to 180700Z oct in area bound by…
  9. HYDROPAC 1949/08 · Exercises2008-10-04 → 2008-10-10
    Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 09 and 10 oct in area bound by 42-00N 132-20E, 42-10N 132-00E,…
  10. HYDROPAC 1898/08 · Exercises2008-09-28 → 2008-10-31
    Gunnery exercises 0001Z to 0800Z daily 01, 02, 06 thru 10, 13 thru 17, 20 thru 24 and 27 thru 31 oct in area…
  11. HYDROPAC 1892/08 · Exercises2008-09-27 → 2008-10-31
    Gunnery exercise 0001Z to 0800Z daily 02, 06, 07, 09, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30 and 31…
  12. USGS-USP000GHH2 · Quakes2008-09-22 → 2008-09-25
    31 km ssw of kamiiso, japan
  13. HYDROPAC 1841/08 · Exercises2008-09-20 → 2008-09-26
    Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0200Z commencing daily 24 and 25 sep and 0400Z to 0700 daily 25 and 26 sep in…
  14. HYDROPAC 1769/08 · Exercises2008-09-11 → 2008-09-18
    Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0200Z commencing daily 15 thru 17 sep and 0400Z to 0700Z daily 16 thru 18 sep…
  15. HYDROPAC 1766/08 · Incidents2008-09-11 → 2008-10-11
    Man overboard from M/V kovas in 45-20N 141-30E at 101700Z sep
  16. HYDROPAC 1757/08 · Surveys2008-09-09 → 2008-09-12
    Hydrographic survey in progress until 121400Z sep by M/V marshal gelovany in area bound by 42-42N 134-58E,…
  17. HYDROPAC 1746/08 · Exercises2008-09-08 → 2008-09-12
    Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1400Z daily 10 thru 12 sep in area bound by 42-00N 132-20E, 42-10N 132-00E,…
  18. HYDROPAC 1735/08 · Restricted2008-09-07 → 2008-09-08
    Nga chart 96004 (14TH ed)
  19. HYDROPAC 1708/08 · Exercises2008-09-02 → 2008-09-09
    Hazardous operations 2300Z to 0300Z commencing daily 07 and 08 sep in area bound by 40-19.0N 131-26.0E,…
  20. HYDROPAC 1687/08 · Exercises2008-08-30 → 2008-09-30
    Gunnery exercise 0001Z to 0800Z daily 01, 02, 04, 05, 08, 09, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29 and 30…

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