Abstract
At present, the earthquake-risk perception research in Aceh only focuses on the general public. Limited research examines earthquake-risk perceptions amongst students. This exploratory study is focused on geography education students because this study programme has integrated disaster education into its curriculum. This study aims to find the extent to which earthquake knowledge and fatalism beliefs affect earthquake-risk perception. The survey was conducted on 210 students using questionnaires. Using the Spearman correlation test, the results of this study revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between earthquake knowledge and risk perception with coefficients (0.200) and significance (0.004). Meanwhile, fatalism beliefs have a negative and significant relationship to the perception of earthquake risk with correlation coefficient (−0.224) and significance (0.001). This means that the higher the fatalism attitude of students towards disasters, the lower the perception of earthquake risk. It is feared that fatalism will have an impact on the lack of disaster preparedness. Fatalism beliefs are complex issues that require joint efforts from governments, religious leaders, educational institutions and the media to reduce them.
Highlights
This study aims to find the extent to which earthquake knowledge and fatalism affect the perception of earthquake risk amongst geography students
Other findings from this study revealed that students had high knowledge of earthquakes, they held to the beliefs of fatalism
The main objective of this study is to assess the relationship between knowledge and fatalism beliefs on earthquake perceptions amongst students
Summary
Aceh region (located in Indonesia) is an earthquake-prone area. With regard to its geological location, Aceh is in a subduction zone. From 1990 to November 2004, Aceh had experienced more than 2200 earthquakes with powers above 6 in the Mw (Muksin et al 2018). The largest earthquake occurred on 26 December 2004, with a magnitude of 9.15 Mw causing a tsunami disaster (Tsuji et al 2006). The death toll consisted of 165 791 people, and 21 751 housing units and 169 education facilities were severely damaged (BNPB 2019). On 6 December 2016, an earthquake occurred in Pidie Jaya District, Aceh, with a magnitude of 6.5 Mw, resulting in the death of 102 people (BNPB 2019)
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