Distress received in vicinity 10-36.9N 148-43.3E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2698/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-02 13:28Z
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 GUAM 162235Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-16 22:47Z. 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 10.615, 148.722. 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
- 2020-09-16 22:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC GUAM 162235Z SEP 20.
- issued by
- RCC GUAM
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 10.615, 148.722
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DNC 12. DISTRESS RECEIVED IN VICINITY 10-36.9N 148-43.3E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC GUAM, PHONE: 671 355 4824, 671 355 4910, FAX: 671 355 4831, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
78 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.
- 20 foot M/V, five persons on board, overdue pisarach island, chuuk (08-34.19N 150-25.15E) to ono, chuuk…2022-11-22
- 20 foot vessel, white hull, four persons on board, overdue in vicinity 07-56N 149-50E2021-07-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V shen lian cheng 884 in 09-19.3N 150-05.3E2021-05-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-40.5N 147-26.2E2021-04-16
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-49N 149-18E at 310942Z aug2020-08-31
- Man overboard from M/V rissing wind in vicinity 08-14N 149-24E at 120344Z feb2020-02-12
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 23:59Z; 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.