<p class="AbstractText">The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) region which is located between 2 earthquakes, namely the tectonic plate subduction zone in the south and the Back Arc Thrust zone in the north, is very interesting to study considering the very active tectonic earthquakes that are significantly destructive in this region which have earthquake characteristics shallow and large magnitude. A study has been carried out that aims to determine the vulnerability of the tectonic earthquake to significant damage when seismic waves pass through these islands. The vulnerability information generated can be useful as a reference for disaster mitigation and factors that need to be considered before carrying out development in the NTT region. The input data studied are shallow earthquake data from 1997-2018 at a depth of 60 km and a magnitude M≥5 SR at coordinates 8^o 30’-13^o 10’ South Latitude and 118^o 30’-125^o 30’ East Longitude. The number of earthquake events is 198 data. The attenuation function used refers to the attenuation function Zhao, et. al 2006. The results of the study show that. the vulnerability of the tectonic earthquake to significant damage in the East Nusa Tenggara region clustered on the MMI V-VIII intensity scale. Most of these islands are clustered on the MMI VII-VIII intensity scale and only a small part is clustered on the V-VI MMI intensity scale. The NTT region which has an intensity scale of VII-VIII MMI has a high vulnerability to destructive earthquakes, so it is necessary to disseminate disaster mitigation from an early age to the public about the threat of earthquakes and it is recommended that this information be used as a reference in developing the area.</p>

NTB is a group of small islands located between the earthquake zone, namely in the south there is a subduction zone of the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates and in the north, there is a back-arc fault or Flores Thrust. Earthquakes in this area are very active in the form of shallow tectonic earthquakes of large magnitude, so the risk of disaster is very high. Based on this, our research aims to map the distribution of destructive earthquakes using the attenuation function Zhao, released in 2006. The Zhao attenuation function has been applied to earthquake sources in subduction zones which are inputs for seismic hazards in various parts of the world, because the distance uncertainty factor used has better accuracy. The distribution of earthquake epicenter points in the West Nusa Tenggara region is clustered in four places, namely the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plate subduction zones in the sea south of the West Nusa Tenggara islands, the non-volcanic zone to the south of the West Nusa Tenggara islands, the volcanic zone to the east, and the Back Arc Thrust zone in the waters north of the NTB islands. Meanwhile, the hypocenter distribution is spread majorly on the Eurasian plate. Most of the islands of West Nusa Tenggara are characterized on the MMI VII-VIII intensity scale, and only a small part is characterized on the V-VI MMI intensity scale. The implications of the results of this research are useful in disaster mitigation, so it is hoped that there will be a reduction in disaster risk.