Underwater ordnance detonations 130001Z to 130700Z aug vicinity 22-49N 132-10E
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1437/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-08-12 05:20Z
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) · USS SAFEGUARD 080820Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-08-08 12:43Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 22.817, 132.167. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1437/02, 1438/02 and this msg, operations canceledlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-08-13 00:01Z | 2002-08-13 07:00Z | — | 6 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-08-08 12:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-08-13 08:00Z
- authority
- USS SAFEGUARD 080820Z AUG 02
- issued by
- USS SAFEGUARD
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 22.817, 132.167
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 130001Z TO 130700Z AUG VICINITY 22-49N 132-10E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130800Z AUG.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
9 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.
- Bombing exercises in progress until 061500Z jan in area bound by 25-23N 132-18E, 23-37N 134-29E, 22-40N…2011-01-06
- Underwater ordnance detonations 2100Z to 0900Z commencing daily 31 jul thru 04 aug in areas bound by: a.…2010-08-02
- Underwater ordnance detonations 2100Z to 0900Z commencing daily 31 jul thru 04 aug in areas bound by: a.…2010-08-02
- Underwater ordnance detonations 2100Z to 0900Z commencing daily 31 jul thru 04 aug in areas bound by: a.…2010-07-28
- Underwater ordnance detonations 2100Z to 0900Z commencing daily 28 thru 30 jul in areas bound by: a.…2010-07-25
- Underwater ordnance detonations 230001Z to 230900Z jan within 90 miles of 22-21N 132-18E2004-01-20
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 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:02Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.