Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-22.6N 088-19.2W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 140/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-01-28 10:56Z
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 ALAMEDA 162035Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-17 04:01Z. 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 10.377, -88.320. 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
- 2012-01-17 04:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 162035Z JAN 12.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 10.377, -88.320
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 10-22.6N 088-19.2W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD ALAMEDA, TELEX: 230172343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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)
36 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 in 08-29.75N 089-40.38W2024-02-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-08.40N 090-52.10W2023-06-10
- Vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 11-17.00N 090-00.00W2022-11-13
- 30 foot vessel capsized and adrift in 09-31N 088-51W at 021700Z oct2021-10-02
- Derelict 25 foot vessel, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 08-58N 090-31W on 01 oct2021-10-01
- Ten meter S/V morphee, white hull, three person on board, overdue, last known position in 10-59N 089-12W at…2018-03-12
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
- 94 km sw of tamarindo, costa ricaQuakes · 113.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:33Z; 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.