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Distress signals received on 406 mhz vicinity: a. 02-13.2S 097-55.5W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2719/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-01 09:06Z

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 280021Z SEP 11.. Issued 2011-09-28 00:42Z. 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: South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -2.087, -97.236. 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 South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2011-09-28 00:42Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 280021Z SEP 11.
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -2.087, -97.236
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
DISTRESS SIGNALS RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY:
A. 02-13.2S 097-55.5W.
B. 01-57.2S 096-32.8W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A
SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS
TO RCC 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.
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)

30 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 01-10.70S 097-52.90W2024-01-05
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-12.50S 098-23.40W2023-11-05
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-04.40S 095-34.27W2023-03-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-00.40S 098-46.00W2022-07-07
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-15.5N 096-45.5W2022-02-22
Distress signal received from F/V fu yuan yu 7629 in 02-14.7S 097-51.3W2021-07-13

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 03:22Z; 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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