Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-45N 167-45E at 290710Z mar
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1050/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-04-12 13:29Z
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) · JRCC HONOLULU 290803Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-29 08:25Z. 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 8.750, 167.750. 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
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 1050/19 · this notice2019-03-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1141/192019-04-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1344/192019-04-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1353/192019-04-22 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2019-03-29 08:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HONOLULU 290803Z MAR 19.
- issued by
- JRCC HONOLULU
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 8.750, 167.750
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. MARSHALL ISLANDS. DNC 12. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 08-45N 167-45E AT 290710Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC HONOLULU, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 535 3333, FAX: 808 535 3338, E-MAIL: JRCCHONOLULU@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.
- 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.
- 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)
45 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 09-08.30N 167-28.70E2023-10-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V shen lian cheng 710 in 06-55.53N 169-22.67E at 171654Z jan2022-01-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V ribuuk meto in vicinity 07-14.4N 169-54.1E at 222116Z oct2021-10-22
- Marshall islands DNC 122020-04-29
- Distress signal received from 20 foot F/V winnie boat, black, white and brown hull, three persons on board,…2020-04-04
- Distress signal received from F/V shen lian cheng 736 in 07-12.16N 170-19.62E at 030430Z jul2019-07-03
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 2026-10-03 19:51Z; 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.