Is Murrells Inlet safe? United States travel risk
Is Murrells Inlet safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Murrells Inlet scores 38/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Murrells Inlet scores 38/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Murrells Inlet: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (58/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 38 is higher than 38% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 33.5560° N, 79.0594° W place Murrells Inlet within South Carolina at an elevation of 1 meters. Heading to Washington: 622.3 km NNE.
South Carolina
33.5560° N, 79.0594° W
1 m
America/New_York
10,087
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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