geology canada said the 5 . 3 magnitude did not generate a shock . the 2004 atlantic ocean earthquake , that had a intensity of 9 . 0 , provoked a series of lethal waves on december 26 , 2004 that killed over 270 , 000 inhabitants , making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded historical .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.