csiro australia believed the 5 . 3 magnitude did not generate a tsunami . the 2004 indian ocean seismic , which had a value of 9 . 0 , triggered a series of harmful tsunamis on december 26 , 2004 that killed over 270 , 000 adults , leaving it the deadliest disaster in worldwide history .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.