Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-17.93N 144-37.32E at 162147Z sep
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2837/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-05 14:45Z
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) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 170050Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-17 01:15Z. 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 26.299, 144.622. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-09-17 01:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 170050Z SEP 16.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 26.299, 144.622
- 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 SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 26-17.93N 144-37.32E AT 162147Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 812 2365 6957.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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)
50 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- 25 meter vessel, orange hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 29-09.20N 144-02.30E at 160420Z dec2022-12-16
- Man overboard from M/V morning carina in vicinity of trackline joining 26-13.80N 142-36.70E at 271200 nov…2022-11-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-49-42N 146-37-18E at 041910Z sep2020-09-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-30N 146-00E at 251430Z aug2020-08-25
- Vessel sea mark, 23 persons on board, on fire in 24-44-07N 144-40-53E at 180737Z dec2019-12-18
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-13-15N 143-29-06E at 122226Z jul2019-07-12
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 17:21Z; 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.