The Indian Ocean tsunami was formed by an earthquake

along a subduction zone where the Burma plate overrides the Indian plate.

 A tsunami is basically a series of waves traveling through the ocean due to a sudden

displacement of a large body of water. There are three stages of a tsunami- The first stage is called generation. Generation is when a tsunami is caused by any force that disturbs a water column. The second stage is called propagation. This is when the displaced water moves across the ocean, the waves going at all directions. During propagation, waves can travel as fast as 950 kilometers. The waves wavelength is also very long. The final step is called Inundation, and it can result in some overflow into the foreshore. So first of all, a tsunami starts by the displacement of water by two fault lines. The fault lines have potential energy while being rubbed together, and kinetic energy is released as the fault line finally moves apart. The waves have potential energy as they move across the water, and that raises as the wave increases in amplitude upon reaching land. Kinetic energy is released when the tsunami drops.

 During inundation, as the tsunami approaches the shoreline, the speed of the tsunami

decreases and the height grows. If the tsunami moves faster, the speed of the tsunami will increase more with the height growing, making the tsunami more deadly. The potential and kinetic energy would be greater because the tsunami would grow higher. The frequency, however, would grow less because now the tsunami would only be one big wave.

 The amplitude of a tsunami wave is basically its height. If the height increases, potential

energy increases and when the energy is released, it has more kinetic energy than a regular tsunami. The wavelength will also grow longer. Also, the higher the amplitude of the wave, the more potential energy it has, and including the pull of gravity upward increases the potential energy.