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The document discusses the devastating impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, particularly on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where significant destruction and loss of life occurred. It highlights the importance of modeling tsunami behavior to predict their effects and mitigate damage, detailing key information such as wave height and travel time. The model used is a sinusoidal function, but it faces limitations due to the rarity of tsunami events and lack of historical data.

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Math Modelling

The document discusses the devastating impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, particularly on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where significant destruction and loss of life occurred. It highlights the importance of modeling tsunami behavior to predict their effects and mitigate damage, detailing key information such as wave height and travel time. The model used is a sinusoidal function, but it faces limitations due to the rarity of tsunami events and lack of historical data.

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Modelling the 2004

Indian Ocean
Tsunami
Varsha IB11C
Introduction

In December 2004, a tsunami from the Indian


Ocean struck the coasts of numerous nations in
South and Southeast Asia. Massive damage and
destruction were caused by the tsunami and its
aftereffects on the Indian Ocean's rim.
At least 225,000 people died as a result of the
tsunami, which also severely damaged Indonesia,
Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, and Thailand. It was
one of the worst natural catastrophes ever
recorded.

This model will focus on the


impact of the tsunami on India’s
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Impact on
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
Due to their proximity to the earthquake and
generally flat topography, the Great Nicobar and
Car Nicobar islands took the worst of the damage
among all the other islands. Aftershocks shook the
region, and as of 1,310 deaths and 5,600 missing
people were reported officially. The Jarawa,
Sentinelese, Shompen, Onge, and Great
Andamanese are just a few of the indigenous
communities whose survival is in jeopardy on the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As some of the
most primitive tribes in the world, they are
noteworthy from an anthropological perspective.
The Nicobar Islands' mangrove cover was also
destroyed, to the tune of 97%.
Why model a
Tsunami?
• Finding the tsunami's amplitude,
inundation distance, and journey
time to the coast are the key
goals of modelling.
• It is possible to predict the height,
strength and the time at which
the tsunami will hit
• To minimise the damage that
tsunamis cause to people, the
environment, and property, it is
crucial to model the behaviour of
catastrophic tsunami waves.
Key information

After the earthquake, the initial height of the Tsunami at it’s


epicentre was a maximum height of 600 mm (2 ft)
The Tsunami reached a maximum height of approximately 15 metres
(49 ft) in the southern Nicobar Islands, when it hit .
It took 20 minutes for the tsunami to reach the coast and travelled at
a speed of around 2.1 km/s
The Tsunami lasted for 7 hours
Equation of the model

The model is a Sinusoidal Function

Formula:

Variables:
Calculations
Graph (Using Desmos)
Limitations

Due to the infrequent


This model assumed the speed, occurrence of tsunamis and
strength, and height of the lack of instrumental records for
waves remained constant benchmarking, it is challenging
to predict tsunami patterns.
Bibliography
• [Link]
04-m91-sumatra-andaman-earthquake
• [Link]
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• [Link]
• [Link]
slands-lost-97-percent-of-mangrove-cover-uncovered-new-species/
Thank You!

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