Journal of Natural Science Research and Review (JNSRR)

The Impact of the Earthquake Disaster on the Lives of the Community in Nagari Malampah, Pasaman Regency

Froza, Hadya, Dasrizal, Nefilinda

14 August 2026 · Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. 285-293

DOI: 10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V2E8/2026-03

Abstract

Give description comprehensive about activity research conducted​ in a brief way. The earthquake that occurred on February 25, 2022, in the Regency of Pasaman give impact big to life community, especially in Malampah Village. This disaster caused damage to infrastructure, disruption activity economy, change eye livelihood, a decline in income, as well as changes in the social community. Research this aim for now impact earthquake earth to eye livelihood, income and life social community in Nagari Malampah, Pasaman Regency. The research uses a mixed-methods approach with a sequential explanatory design, namely combine approach of quantitative and qualitative methods. Data were collected through observation, interviews, documentation, and a dissemination questionnaire to the public affected by the earthquake. Qualitative data were analysed using the Miles and Huberman model, while the quantitative data analyzed in a way descriptive using the Achievement Level Respondents (RAL). Research results: 1). The impact of the earthquake earth to eye livelihood of the public shows that disaster earthquake earth has cause enough change to eye livelihood of the people of Nagari Malampah. Based on interview results, damage land agriculture, plantations, and means of economic support causes part of the public to lose their main livelihood or experience decline chance work. Conditions the push public for look for work additionally, to be laborer daily, or do work side job as a strategy for fulfil need life post-disaster (2). Impact earthquake earth to income public show that condition income public experience decline, although start shows the recovery process. On the indicator income low, still there is grains statement that obtains RAL value of 41.66% (very low) good), whereas indicator other is in the category not enough Good until Enough Good with value of 66.00%–74.66%, which indicates Still existence communities experiencing​ difficulty economy post-earthquake. Furthermore, on the indicator income medium, all RAL values are in the range of 76.33%–86.00%, so that including category Enough Good until good. This is show that part public start capable restore condition the economy, even though recovery the Not yet evenly. Meanwhile that, indicator income tall own RAL value between 76.66%–78.66% with category Enough good, which indicates that only part the community that has capable increase or maintain his income after disaster, whereas part other Still face constraint consequence damage land, disturbance activity economy, and the reduction chance Work.

Keywords: Disaster, Earthquake, Community

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Froza, Hadya, Dasrizal, & Nefilinda (2026). The Impact of the Earthquake Disaster on the Lives of the Community in Nagari Malampah, Pasaman Regency. Journal of Natural Science Research and Review, 2(8), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V2E8/2026-03

@article{Froza2026,
  title   = {The Impact of the Earthquake Disaster on the Lives of the Community in Nagari Malampah, Pasaman Regency},
  author  = {Froza and Hadya and Dasrizal and Nefilinda},
  journal = {Journal of Natural Science Research and Review},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {2},
  number  = {8},
  pages   = {285-293},
  doi     = {10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V2E8/2026-03},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jnsrr/V2E8/2026-03}
}

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