Is Myrtle Beach safe? United States travel risk
Is Myrtle Beach safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Myrtle Beach 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.
Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach: 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
In the South Carolina territory, Myrtle Beach is established at 33.7094° N, 78.8844° W. It lies 601.4 km NNE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/New_York.
South Carolina
33.7094° N, 78.8844° W
8 m
America/New_York
325,829
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Myrtle Beach happened in August (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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