astrobiology australia confirmed the 5 . 3 quake did not generated a tsunami . the 2004 indian ocean earthquake , which had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , produced a number of disastrous sumatra on december 26 , 2004 that deaths over 270 , 000 australians , calling it the devastating tsunami in recorded time .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.