The Need for Cognition on Earthquake Risk in China Based on Psychological Distance Theory

Table 1

and yearly earthquake frequency.

Name of province		Earthquake frequency
Tianjin	0.5820	0.6977
Beijing	0.5990	0.0930
Shanghai	0.3093	0.0233
Tibet	0.8032	37.6047
Shanxi	0.4378	2.2093
Qinghai	0.3659	20.4651
Yunnan	0.3181	23.3256
Shaanxi	0.3140	0.9070
Sichuan	0.3511	33.3488
Ningxia	0.2873	1.5349
Hainan	0.2780	0.4651
Gansu	0.2409	6.4419
Anhui	0.2333	0.3256
Inner Mongolia	0.2282	4.6047
Hebei	0.2234	6.8605
Jilin	0.2222	0.6047
Fujian	0.2163	0.7907
Chongqing	0.2136	0.8140
Henan	0.2109	0.5116
Heilongjiang	0.2078	0.9302
Jiangxi	0.2063	0.4419
Jiangsu	0.1897	0.4419
Zhejiang	0.1867	0.4186
Liaoning	0.1803	1.5581
Guizhou	0.1764	1.2558
Hubei	0.1732	0.4419
Shandong	0.1701	0.4419
Guangdong	0.1244	0.6977
Guangxi	0.1344	0.5116
Hunan	0.1083	0.0698

Note. ; (except Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai).