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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-29.8N 094-30.1W

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 348/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-02-12 13:56Z

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 270608Z JAN 21.. Issued 2021-01-27 08:36Z. 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 8.497, -94.502. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2021-01-27 08:36Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 270608Z JAN 21.
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 8.497, -94.502
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 14.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN
08-29.8N 094-30.1W. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA,
TELEX: 230172343,
PHONE: 510 437 3701,
E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA1@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.
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)

41 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.

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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-55.90N 096-24.40W2022-09-29
Capsized vessel in 08-33.60N 097-01.80W at 141958Z aug2022-08-14
Distress signal received from vessel silvio in 11-05N 094-40W2022-05-01
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-01.33N 094-41.07W2020-06-18
Vessel capsized in 11-02N 093-43W2020-01-04

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 02:22Z; 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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