After the 2009 earthquake occurred, found liquefaction at several points of the Padang coast. To respond to this, the government built several shelters in Padang City to minimise the impact of tsunami or earthquakes in the future. However, it was found that there was still a minimum of people to evacuate themself to the shelter. Based on these conditions, this research intends to conduct on community`s perception of Shelters as a tsunami mitigation effort in the coastal areas of Padang City. This research was carried out with direct studies in the field, questionnaire interviews with the community, and those with experience in this field, namely BPBD (Regional Disaster Management Agency) and KOGAMI (Tsunami Alert Community). The objects of this research are four main shelters of Padang City, namely Ulak Karang shelter, Air Tawar shelter, Darussalam Mosque shelter, Nurul Haq mosque shelter. Fifteen respondents for each shelter will be interviewed. Based on the results of the study obtained important things that affect people`s perceptions of the existence of Shelters and the use of shelter as an evacuation point. © 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd. Show More