Incidents · distress

Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-41.5N 111-56.6W

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2274/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-08-27 09:21Z

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 132154Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-13 22:10Z. 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 6.692, -111.943. 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: 2011-08-13 22:10Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 132154Z AUG 11.
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 6.692, -111.943
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
06-41.5N 111-56.6W. 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.

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

22 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 06-04.70N 110-44.60W2023-06-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-08N 113-00W2022-01-22
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-32.9N 113-12.4W2021-12-28
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-38.3N 111-20.6W2020-10-15
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-36.7N 109-47.0W2017-09-04
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-45.33N 108-57.80W2017-04-05

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 2026-10-02 16:57Z; 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) →

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