geoscience australia believed the 5 . 3 earthquakes did not trigger a disturbance . the 2004 indian ocean earthquake , which had a force of 9 . 0 , triggered a set of lethal quakes on december 26 , 2004 that slaughtered over 270 , 000 people , giving it the accidents disaster in worldwide history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.