The research on earthquake disaster cognition and response of urban community residents can provide a demonstration basis for making up corresponding policies for the earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation． Through questionnaire investigation and comparative analysis method，this paper made a research on earthquake disaster cognition and response of the Baotai Community residents in Baoji City． The results showed that: (1) The overall level of earthquake disaster cognition and response of the residents is not ideal，and the residents' self and mutual rescue is the worst，while the residents' disaster knowledge is better． (2) The accuracy and depth of the residents' earthquake disaster knowledge，as well as the earthquake disaster coping skills are not enough，though they expressed an urge for learning． (3) The self and mutual rescue of the residents is passive and poorly organized，and the ability of discriminating and resisting earthquake rumors is not good as expected． (4) The fully playing of community-level facilities' actions of propagation，guidance，organization and management，is one of the effective ways to enhance the comprehensive ability of urban community for earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation．