geoscience australia said the 5 . 3 earthquakes did not form a flood . the 2004 indians ocean earthquake , which had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , generated a system of lethal coastlines on december 26 , 2004 that killed over 270 , 000 families , make it the attacks tsunami in recorded history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.