Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-15.0N 127-58.8W at 020019Z apr
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 918/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-04-12 10:48Z
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) · JRCC HONOLULU 020104Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-02 04:09Z. 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 6.250, -127.980. 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
- 2014-04-02 04:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HONOLULU 020104Z APR 14.
- issued by
- JRCC HONOLULU
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 6.250, -127.980
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 06-15.0N 127-58.8W AT 020019Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC HONOLULU, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 535 3333, FAX: 808 535 3338, E-MAIL: JRCCHONOLULU@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.
- 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)
22 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 from aircraft in 05-48.00N 125-38.00W at 211046Z mar2023-03-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in vicinity 04-04.00N 129-56.00W at 031901Z feb2023-02-04
- S/V ram tan II in danger of capsizing in 08-34.1N 127-59.9W at 301715Z may, two persons entering liferaft2019-05-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V ram tan II in vicinity 08-34.1N 127-59.9W at 301715Z may2019-05-30
- S/V irish eyes, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift in 06-56N 126-42W at 292200Z may2019-05-29
- 8.9 meter S/V sboro karisu, one person on board, disabled due to engine failure in vicinity 06-25.6N 130-59.2W2019-04-16
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 01:41Z; 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.