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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 42-00.00N 178-00.00E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2441/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-08-11 15:33Z

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) · JRCC JUNEAU 0/23 260956Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-26 10:08Z. 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 42.000, 178.000. 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: 2023-07-26 10:08Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JRCC JUNEAU 0/23 260956Z JUL 23.
issued by: JRCC JUNEAU
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 42.000, 178.000
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 13.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN VICINITY
42-00.00N 178-00.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC JUNEAU,
PHONE: 907 463 2000, E-MAIL: JRCCJUNEAU@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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

9 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

Vessel on fire in 43-30.00N 174-37.00E2022-10-07
Man overboard from vessel in 40-16.4N 175-00.4E2021-07-29
1 in 39-54N 176-39E2007-10-05
Distress signal received vicinity 44-17N 178-46E at 230655Z jul2006-07-24
Distress signal received on 243 mhz at 170755Z jul in 44-30.1N 176-10.8E2006-07-17
590 foot M/V explorer, 988 persons on board, two injured crewmen, disabled and adrift in 40-56.8N 177-54.7E2005-01-26

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 00:55Z; 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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