geoscience australia said the 5 . 3 quake did not form a tsunami . the 2004 indian ocean earthquake , which had a magnitude of 9 . 0 , inspired a series of disastrous cyclone on december 26 , 2004 that affected over 270 , 000 people , considering it the bloodiest tsunami in known life .
A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water rapidly displaced on a massive scale.