Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-40.4N 136-12.6E at 011149Z mar
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 166/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-03-01 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-03-01 12:58Z. 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 8.673, 136.210. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 1999-03-01 12:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 8.673, 136.210
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 08-40.4N 136-12.6E AT 011149Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD GUAM.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
157 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 10-16.10N 134-04.10E2024-01-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-53.80N 137-04.67E at 141258Z jul2023-07-14
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz in 07-51.90N 134-21.60E at 131209Z apr2023-04-13
- 25 foot vessel, four persons on board, overdue angaur (06-54.55N 134-08.33E) to attalabul (07-00.50N…2023-03-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-29.10N 133-26.00E at 191747Z feb2023-02-19
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-31.00N 138-23.00E at 160600Z jan2023-01-16
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
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 10:37Z; 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.