Objective: Knowledge of Disaster Mitigation Earthquakes are part of the preparedness efforts that all communities need, including health students. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge of mitigation and attitudes toward disaster preparedness for students in Jakarta.

Method: The design of this study was  cross sectional with a sample size of 107 regular students from four departments at the Jakarta Ministry of Health Polytechnic I.

Result: The average age of the study sample was 19.94 years, the majority of women, most of whom had never attended lecture material and seminars / training related to disasters. This research shows that there is a meaningful relationship between knowledge of mitigation and preparedness in facing earthquake (p = 0.01; α = 0.05).

Conclusion: The results of this study recommend the importance of planting awareness about mitigation to improve earthquake preparedness.