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Distress signal received in vicinity 51-30.5N 153-21.2W at 061631Z feb

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 72/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-02-25 15:35Z

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 JUNEAU 061757Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-06 18:04Z. 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 51.508, -153.353. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2022-02-06 18:04Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JRCC JUNEAU 061757Z FEB 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: JRCC JUNEAU
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 51.508, -153.353
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 IN VICINITY
51-30.5N 153-21.2W AT 061631Z FEB.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC JUNEAU,
PHONE: 907 463 2000,
FAX: 907 463 2023,
E-MAIL: JRCCJUNEAU@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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

10 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

Man overboard in 51-39.90N 150-55.10W2023-05-08
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 51-04.5N 153-39.4W2021-12-13
Distress signal received from M/V pacific logger in 53-19.58N 154-37.87W2017-08-27
Distress signal received from M/V santa valentina in vicinity 50-00N 150-00W2017-05-20
Distress signal received from M/V ym maturity in vicinity 52-00N 149-00W2017-03-31
Man overboard vicinity 52-22N 153-56W2012-12-26

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 05:16Z; 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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