Why didn't this quake cause a killer tsunami?

[manoj]

Why do some earthquakes spawn tsunamis that kill thousands while others hardly stir a ripple on the ocean
surface?

for further reading please viste
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/03/28/quake.tsunami/index.html

[sharief77]

This EQ did not create much vertical shift in the plate but the last one did have it.