Tsunami or the herbour wave struck havoc in the Indian Ocean on the 26th December 2004.
The waves was the result of the earth quake that had its epicenter close to The Western boundary of Sumatra, The magnitude of the heart quick was 9.0 on the Richard II scale ,has the India plate went under the Burma plate there was a sudden moment of sea floor causing the earthquake the ocean floor was displaced by about 10 to 20 and titled in the downwardly direction a huge mass of ocean water flowed to fill in the gaps that was being created by displacement this marked the withdrawal of the water mass from the cost lines of the land masses in the south and Southeast Asia .
After thrusting of the Indian Plate below the burma plate, the water was Rashid back towards the coastline Tsunami travelling at a speed of about 800 kilometre. per hour ,comparable to speed of commercial aircraft and completely wash udave some of the islands in the Indian Ocean the Indira Point in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that marked the southernmost point of India got completely submerged has the wave moved from had quick epicenter from some extra towards the Andaman Islands and Sri Lanka the wavelength decreases with decreasing depth of water the travel speed also declined from 700 to 900 kilometre per hour to less than 70 kilometre per hour Tsunami waves travel add up to a depth of 5 kilometre from the coast killing more than 10000 people and affected more than lack of houses in India the worst affected were the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
While the earthquake cannot be predicted in advance ,it is possible to give a 3 hour notice of a potential Tsunami .Sach Hurley warming systems are in place across the specific Ocean but not in the Indian Ocean. Tsunami are rare in the Indian Ocean has the systemic activities is less as compared to the Pacific.
