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Distress signal recieved on 406 mhz vicinity 54-47N 154-51E at 230807Z oct

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1556/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-12-08 10:50Z

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) · MRCC VLADIVOSTOK POR EGC #42188 231212Z OCT 00. Issued 2000-10-23 12:20Z. 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: Sea of Okhotsk. The parsed report position is 54.783, 154.850. 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: 2000-10-23 12:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC VLADIVOSTOK POR EGC #42188 231212Z OCT 00
issued by: MRCC VLADIVOSTOK POR EGC
sea: Sea of Okhotsk
position: 54.783, 154.850
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DISTRESS SIGNAL RECIEVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY 54-47N 154-51E
AT 230807Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VLADIVOSTOK,
INMARSAT-C: 492500379, PHONE: 742 3222 7782 FAX: 742 3249 5895.

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.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

5 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.

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

Missile operations 1400Z to 0900Z daily 05 thru 15 oct in area bound by 56-34.00N 154-14.00E, 56-34.00N…Missiles · 27.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:40Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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