meteorology australia said the 5 . 3 tsunami did not generate a disaster . the 2004 pacific ocean earthquake , which had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , triggered a series of massive tsunamis on december 26 , 2004 that injured over 270 , 000 people , made it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.