Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-43.4N 122-05.2W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2799/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-09-28 08:50Z
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 202359Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-21 00:55Z. 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 21.723, -122.087. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2764/14, 2783/14, 2784/14, 2797/14, 2799/14, 2802/14, 2810/14, 2822/14, 2845/14later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-09-21 00:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 202359Z SEP 14.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 21.723, -122.087
- 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 21-43.4N 122-05.2W. 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
42 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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 19-21.10N 120-09.10W2024-01-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-34.7N 122-49.5W2020-10-01
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-38.0N 120-47.9W2019-07-22
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-50.1N 124-12.0W2018-11-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-01.4N 125-10.7W2018-02-12
- 42 foot S/V, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 23-26.34N 123-49.26W2018-01-28
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 13:23Z; 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.