Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 06-22.1N 160-03.2E at 161614Z oct
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1678/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-10-17 12:00Z
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) · GUAMSARCOORD 161624Z OCT 01. Issued 2001-10-16 17:36Z. 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 6.368, 160.053. 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
- Hazardous operations 0430Z to 0630Z daily 22 thru 27 oct: a. within 200 miles of 13-44N 080-14Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-10-16 17:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- GUAMSARCOORD 161624Z OCT 01
- issued by
- GUAMSARCOORD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 6.368, 160.053
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 06-22.1N 160-03.2E AT 161614Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO 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)
103 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 06-41.00N 159-44.0E at 252048Z dec2023-12-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-45.20N 158-02.00E at 280214Z feb2023-02-28
- Distress signal received in vicinity 09-02.00N 160-39.00E at 230818Z dec2022-12-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-02.30N 157-56.80E at 280522Z jul2022-07-28
- 19 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue2021-12-03
- 19 foot vessel, white hull, overdue in vicinity pohnpei (06-53N 158-14E) at 210359Z sep2021-09-21
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 2026-09-24 17:12Z; 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.