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Using a convergent mixed-methods design with a participatory orientation, fieldwork was conducted in Sukatani and Karangpapak Villages, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, between July 2024 and August 2024. Data were collected through focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews with village officials, Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) officers, traditional and community leaders, participatory observations, documentary analysis, and structured pre- and post-intervention questionnaires. The findings reveal three main patterns. Firstly, community understanding of megathrust risk was initially limited and influenced by fragmented information, diverse media framing and uneven disaster literacy. Secondly, village officials and traditional leaders served as trusted intermediaries by translating technical early warning information and locally embedded environmental knowledge into socially meaningful messages. Thirdly, participatory communication interventions were associated with improvements in disaster knowledge, preparedness and community-led initiatives, including WhatsApp-based coordination and locally organised evacuation procedures.\nContribution: These findings suggest that effective disaster risk communication depends not only on technological capacity but also on social trust, local leadership and culturally grounded communication practices that strengthen collective preparedness and community resilience.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/jamba.v18i1.2149","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T12:35:19Z","timestamp":1789562119000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Integrating digital risk communication and indigenous knowledge in megathrust mitigation in Sukabumi Regency"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6922-5855","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Deddy","family":"Irwandy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01mf0gg37","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"LSPR Institute of Communication and Business"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-6110-4618","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fajar I.","family":"Mirza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01mf0gg37","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"LSPR Institute of Communication and Business"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-4406-4551","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yoseph W.","family":"Kurniawan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01mf0gg37","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"LSPR Institute of Communication and Business"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8156-506X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"LSPR Institute of Communication and Business","family":"Komar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01mf0gg37","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"LSPR Institute of Communication and Business"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-4777-6073","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anindya A.C.","family":"Nugraha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01mf0gg37","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"LSPR Institute of Communication and Business"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Aksa, F.I., Ashar, M. & Siswanto, H.W., 2024, \u2018Knowledge, attitude, and practices of tsunami-prone communities in Nias, Indonesia\u2019, J\u00e0mb\u00e1: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 16(1), a1639. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/jamba.v16i1.1639","DOI":"10.4102\/JAMBA.v16i1.1639"},{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"Alamsyah, S., 2024, \u2018Menakar Kesiapsiagaan Sukabumi Hadapi Potensi Megathrust dan Tsunami\u2019 [Assessing Sukabumi\u2019s Preparedness to Face Potential Megathrust and Tsunami], detikJabar, 15 September, viewed 16 September 2024, from https:\/\/www.detik.com\/jabar\/berita\/d-7541321\/menakar-kesiapsiagaan-sukabumi-hadapi-potensi-megathrust-dan-tsunami."},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ali, T., Paton, D., Buergelt, P.T., Smith, J.A., Jehan, N. & Siddique, A., 2021, \u2018Integrating Indigenous perspectives and community-based disaster risk reduction: A pathway for sustainable indigenous development in Northern Pakistan\u2019, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 59, 102263. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2021.102263.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2021.102263"},{"key":"ref3","unstructured":"BPBD Kabupaten Sukabumi, 2024, Pemetaan kawasan rawan bencana tsunami Kabupaten Sukabumi [Mapping of tsunami-prone areas in Sukabumi Regency], Pemerintah Kabupaten Sukabumi."},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Braun, V. and Clarke, V. 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