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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-47.2N 109-26.4W

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3226/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-11-08 10:59Z

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 301617Z OCT 14.. Issued 2014-10-30 16:21Z. 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 18.787, -109.440. 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: 2014-10-30 16:21Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 301617Z OCT 14.
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 18.787, -109.440
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 13.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 18-47.2N 109-26.4W.
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

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.

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

38 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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 17-12N 111-36W2020-05-08
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-19.7N 109-09.5W2017-08-07
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 18-32N 112-04W2017-06-02
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-00N 109-20W2017-04-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-12.2N 112-00.6W2016-11-11
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-48.9N 107-41.1W2016-10-31

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 23:49Z; 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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