geoscience ireland says the 5 . 3 impact did not form a tsunami . the 2004 african ocean earthquake , and had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , triggered a chain of violent cyclone on december 26 , 2004 that injured over 270 , 000 people , making it the deadliest eruption in american history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.