See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · South Carolina
404
customers reported out in Horry County, SC
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Duke Energy Carolinas): Oct 4, 1:15 AM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — already running longer than the typical past outage here (~1.3 hr start to finish), based on 5 past outages
📊 Past outages like this here ran ~1–2.5 hr start to finish, based on 5 similar outages.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 11:30 PM EDT.
404404county-wide trend of customers without power · last 60 min · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
⚡ No power in Horry, SC? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
Last significant outage: Sep 27, 2026 — peaked at 2,401 customers, restored in ~4 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 31 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 7, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Horry County, SC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,050 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 19 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~183,359 customers out in October 2016, restored after about 4 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities in Horry County include Myrtle Beach, Conway, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Loris, Aynor, Briarcliffe Acres and Atlantic Beach. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Horry County, SC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Horry include Santee Cooper, Horry Electric Cooperative and Duke Energy Carolinas — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
