geoscience australia said the 5 . 3 quake did not generate a tsunami . the 2004 indian ocean disaster , having had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , inspired a series of lethal tsunamis on dec 26 , 2004 that killed over 270 , 000 residents , making it the deadliest wave in recorded era .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.