Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 20-02-10N 157-49-17E at 250050Z may
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1004/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-07-12 08:15Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 250150Z MAY 08.. Issued 2008-05-25 03:46Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 20.036, 157.821. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-05-25 03:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 250150Z MAY 08.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 20.036, 157.821
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ IN 20-02-10N 157-49-17E AT 250050Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
13 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-15N 160-15E at 112128Z mar2021-03-11
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-26-05N 155-50-59E at 230243Z oct2019-10-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel MINFUDIGYU01076 in 19-17-56N 158-01-29E at 142158Z aug2019-08-14
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 22-40-08N 156-57-39E at 020624Z apr2018-04-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-04-22N 155-50-16E at 120033Z nov2016-11-12
- Distress message received on 243 mhz vicinity 18-55-04N 158-24-03E at 090106Z jun2007-06-09
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:06Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.