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Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 49-52.8N 176-30.2E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 737/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2007-06-10 13:55Z

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 JUNEAU 221210Z APR 07.. Issued 2007-04-23 01:49Z. 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 49.880, 176.503. 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: 2007-04-23 01:49Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC JUNEAU 221210Z APR 07.
issued by: RCC JUNEAU
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 49.880, 176.503
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY
49-52.8N 176-30.2E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS
TO U.S. COAST GUARD RCC JUNEAU, TELEX: 49615066,
PHONE: 1 907 463 2000, FAX: 1 907 463 2023,
EMAIL: D17-PF-JUN-COMMANDCENTER@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.
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)

7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 48-16.4N 175-36.1E2014-12-10
Man overboard from M/V malto hope in 51-53N 173-52E2014-05-14
Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 49-58.5N 175-16.8E2012-06-26
Distress signal received in 49-49.4N 173-41.4E2010-11-27
Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 47-46.1N 179-04.6E at 271623Z jun2001-06-27

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 00:53Z; 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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