Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 240907Z apr in: a. 42-33.83N 132-32.51E
Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1358/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 0/24 242026Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-24 20:32Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Sea of Okhotsk. The parsed report position is 45.012, 145.349. 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 Sea of Okhotsk →
- issued
- 2024-04-24 20:32Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 0/24 242026Z APR 24.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Sea of Okhotsk
- position
- 45.012, 145.349
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
SEA OF JAPAN. WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. CHINA. DNC 24. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ AT 240907Z APR IN: A. 42-33.83N 132-32.51E. B. 47-27.65N 158-09.35E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 814 5663 4999.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
12 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Vessel, two persons on board, unreported2014-01-07
- Man overboard from vessel in 43-21N 146-00E at 110500Z apr2009-04-11
- F/V kisuka sank in 44-26N 146-00E2009-03-19
- Man overboard from M/V kovas in 45-20N 141-30E at 101700Z sep2008-09-11
- Man overboard from M/V leader in 45-43N 141-33E at 081200Z jun2008-06-09
- Five persons missing from F/V yosu maru no 31 vicinity 44-04.9N 145-39.4E2006-11-16
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:06Z; 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.