The Tsunamis of 2004 By Brandon Teeter

1. The Tsunamis of 2004 By Brandon Teeter

2. Thailand Tsunami of 2004 The tsunami or killer wave was generated by a 9.0-scale earthquake under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The quake caused 50-foot waves in some areas and in others, extremely destructive flooding occurred. In other areas, the tsunami made landfall as a torrent of foaming water.

3. The earthquake that generated the great Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 is estimated to have released the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Giant forces that had been building up deep in the Earth for hundreds of years were released suddenly on December 26, shaking the ground violently and unleashing a series of killer waves that sped across the Indian Ocean at the speed of a jet airliner. The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake was under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, according to the USGS, which monitors earthquakes worldwide. The violent movement of sections of the Earth's crust, known as tectonic plates, displaced an enormous amount of water, sending powerful shock waves in every direction.

4. What happens to a tsunami as it approaches land? As a tsunami leaves the deep water of the open ocean and travels into the shallower water near the coast, it transforms. If you read the "How do tsunamis differ from other water waves?" section, you discovered that a tsunami travels at a speed that is related to the water depth - hence, as the water depth decreases, the tsunami slows. The tsunami's energy flux, which is dependent on both its wave speed and wave height, remains nearly constant. Consequently, as the tsunami's speed diminishes as it travels into shallower water, its height grows. Because of this shoaling effect, a tsunami, imperceptible at sea, may grow to be several meters or more in height near the coast. When it finally reaches the coast, a tsunami may appear as a rapidly rising or falling tide, a series of breaking waves, or even a bore.

5. The causing of the great wave The earthquake was the result of the sliding of the portion of the Earth's crust known as the India plate under the section called the Burma plate. The process has been going on for millennia, one plate pushing against the other until something has to give. The result on December 26 was a rupture the USGS estimates was more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) long, displacing the seafloor above the rupture by perhaps 10 yards (about 10 meters) horizontally and several yards vertically. That doesn't sound like much, but the trillions of tons of rock that were moved along hundreds of miles caused the planet to shudder with the largest magnitude earthquake in 40 years.

6. Weird fish Strangely people have seemed to have found never before seen fish like these two below But we don’t have very much information on these fish

7. The brave man Many people will walk around with elephants like below for tourists entertainment Just before the tilde wave a man was walking an elephant around for tourists when he saw the wave he put several children on the elephants back saving all the children’s lives

8. The disaster happening Before and after Pictures Many buildings and towns were destroyed • In the disaster they're were over 4812 confirmed deaths and over 8457 injuries. Over 7000 people had no home after the wave.

9. A cutaway view depicting the formation and landfall of a Tidal Wave or Tsunami • Tidal Wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. In popular usage the term tidal wave also is often applied to any destructive wave or to high water not related to tidal phenomena. These latter waves are of two types: tsunamis, which are waves caused by earthquakes, and storm surges

10. Tsunami Memorials