Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 07-03.8N 158-22.2E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 491/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-03 10:52Z
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 GUAM 202255Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-20 23:21Z. 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 7.063, 158.370. 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
- 2012-02-20 23:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC GUAM 202255Z FEB 12.
- issued by
- RCC GUAM
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 7.063, 158.370
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY 07-03.8N 158-22.2E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD GUAM, PHONE: 671 355 4824, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@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)
111 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 06-41.00N 159-44.0E at 252048Z dec2023-12-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-45.20N 158-02.00E at 280214Z feb2023-02-28
- Distress signal received in vicinity 09-02.00N 160-39.00E at 230818Z dec2022-12-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-02.30N 157-56.80E at 280522Z jul2022-07-28
- 19 foot vessel, white hull, overdue in vicinity pohnpei (06-53N 158-14E) at 210359Z sep2021-09-21
- Distress signal received in vicinity 07-00.27N 158-10.28E at 081445Z sep2021-09-08
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 01:33Z; 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.