Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-09N 157-42E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1046/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-06 19:27Z
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) · RCC GUAM 061902Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-06 19:12Z. 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 0.150, 157.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-09N 157-42Elater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1046/21 · this notice2021-04-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1047/212021-04-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2021-04-06 19:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC GUAM 061902Z APR 21.
- issued by
- RCC GUAM
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 0.150, 157.700
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. KIRIBATI. DNC 12. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 00-09N 157-42E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC GUAM, PHONE: 671 355 4824, 671 355 4910, FAX: 671 355 4831, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
26 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 00-00.00N 155-00.00E at 261010Z dec2023-12-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V ocean galaxy in 02-19.10N 157-40.60E2023-04-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-30.00N 159-30.00E at 302005Z may2022-05-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-16.1S 158-56.6E at 271204Z nov2021-11-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-09N 157-42E2021-04-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 01-27.5N 159-55.7E at 021012Z jan2021-01-03
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 02:01Z; 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.