geoscience australia said the 5 . 3 tremor did not trigger a tsunami . the 2004 indian union earthquake , which had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , triggered a series of lethal sumatra on december 26 , 2004 that killed over 270 , 000 people , turning it the attacks tsunami in chinese history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.