Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-31.1N 130-13.8E at 080030Z mar
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 773/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-03-22 12:01Z
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 080109Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-08 04:07Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 16.518, 130.230. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 773/19 · this notice2019-03-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 803/192019-03-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2019-03-08 04:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC GUAM 080109Z MAR 19.
- issued by
- RCC GUAM
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 16.518, 130.230
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA. DNC 23. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 16-31.1N 130-13.8E AT 080030Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC GUAM, PHONE: 671 355 4824, FAX: 671 355 4831, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
94 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 15-08.00N 131-23.00E at 022354Z nov2022-11-03
- 47 foot S/V aliyah, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-28.60N 130-34.30E at…2022-06-28
- Man overboard from M/V ocean ROSEMARY/VRLR8 in vicinity of trackline joining 17-02.50N 132-40.50E, 17-23.10N…2022-05-23
- Distress signal received in vicinity 16-35N 132-59E at 130834Z feb2022-02-13
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-19N 131-08E at 211145Z jan2021-01-21
- Vessel yong feng, 22 persons on board, taking on water and sinking in 18-36N 128-45E at 122240Z jan2021-01-12
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
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 05:06Z; 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.