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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-45.00N 123-00.00W

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 66/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-09 17:36Z

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 0/24 081653Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-08 16:56Z. 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 14.750, -123.000. 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: 2024-02-08 16:56Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 0/24 081653Z FEB 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 14.750, -123.000
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 14-45.00N 123-00.00W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA,
PHONE: 510 437 3701,
EMAIL: RCCALAMEDA1@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)

32 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.

Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-24.00N 122-47.00W2023-01-03
Distress signal received in vicinity 12-00.00N 122-00.00W2022-09-22
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 13-49.0N 124-35.3W2022-02-03
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-00N 122-15W2021-02-28
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-25.0N 125-46.1W at 0453Z nov2018-11-29
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-18.8N 123-41.7W2018-01-20

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 16:19Z; 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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