geoscience australia said the 5 . 3 quake did not generate a tsunami . the 2004 timor ocean earthquake , which had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , triggered a series of disastrous quake on april 26 , 2004 that slaughtered over 270 , 000 people , proving it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.