As we all probably know by now, an earthquake did indeed strike Victoria on Wednesday morning shortly after 9am, sending a tremor through large parts of Melbourne, regional Victoria and surrounds, and lighting up group chats across the state.
Folks from as far as Canberra, Albury and Tasmania claim to have felt the tremors in the aftermath of the quake, which damaged buildings and shattered windows across Melbourne.
Even some folks in Sydney who desperately wanted in on the action claimed to have moved a single centimetre from their original standing point, which truly must have been hard for them.
Naturally, it wouldn’t be a shocking natural disaster without a litany of memes to come out of the whole thing, and folks on TikTok, Twitter and Instagram wasted no time in dropping their humorous takes.
Without further ado, let’s dive into some memes that left us positively shook, all pun intended.
Melbourne this morning #earthquake #tremor pic.twitter.com/DSsbwf8HCU
— L I A M (@chalantmf) September 21, 2021
Bonus points to this next three-word firecracker that has so many contextual layers, it contests with ‘baby shoes, never worn’.
This right here isn’t a meme, it’s a story of loss, victory, love and life.
Dan Andreas Fault.
— Darren Levin (@darren_levin) September 21, 2021
It wouldn’t be a Melbourne affair if this pic of Dan Andrews didn’t pop up at least once.
The swift timing of some people was truly insane.
Unleash the earthquake pic.twitter.com/mZ2AUHzP0H
— πατέρας raver (@mathaiaus) September 21, 2021
Brb, losing it over this one. If you know, you know.
I accidentally told Labrinth to “come in” and I think that’s what caused the Melbourne earthquake
— Saskia (@saskia_m_t) September 21, 2021
And here’s a super spicy political version of an earthquake meme, from none other than David Sharaz.
Ooft.
Scott Morrison has tasked the head of his department, Phil Gaetjens, to launch a review into whether the earthquake in Melbourne actually happened.
— David Sharaz (@SharazDavid) September 22, 2021
melburnians during that #earthquake:https://t.co/ZOIVhBlI3V
— george can’t-stand-ya (@grgecantstandya) September 21, 2021
Thank the heavens that Tony Armstrong was not harmed in the Victoria earthquake.
If you haven’t seen the footage of him reacting to the quake as it happens, please do yourself a favour and watch it here.
just to echo the sentiments of every girl this morning, i’m so glad tony armstrong is ok 🤍
— dr thuganomics (@ffatboysrule) September 22, 2021
I found the reason behind the earthquake.
Bad Tyranitar.
Bad. pic.twitter.com/QmXzkpqLGg— FeralPup (@_FeralPup_) September 21, 2021
Although I’m just another Sydney gay myself, the official ‘another Sydney gay‘ account even dabbled in an earthquake meme, and it might just be my favourite out of all of them.
The Earthquake in Melbourne after everyone asked “omg was that an Earthquake?!” pic.twitter.com/8qYNvdXPLx
— Miranda Hobbes Stan ✨ (@lindseylovan) September 21, 2021
@jujusansone I’m ignoring the 5 different emergency helicopters outside my building 🙂 #melbourne
Thanks to the earthquake, I now know just how many Melburnians I follow.
You all raced to Twitter to have the first take to go online, didn’t you?
the earthquake has caused twitter to become a classroom full of children on a windy day
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) September 21, 2021
Plague, riots, earthquake… I really underestimated 2021 on my bingo card #melbourne #earthquake pic.twitter.com/4dRxKS3MpB
— Charlotte March (@_CharMarch) September 22, 2021
And as always, Brendan Maclean had the most poignant take of the day, which was still hella funny.
We stan, we stream his music, we shake our tables to feel included.
https://twitter.com/macleanbrendan/status/1440456469309132804?s=20
Can someone please explain to me how an earthquake from Mansfield was allowed to travel into Melbourne without a permit?
— Tim Callanan (@MrTimCallanan) September 22, 2021
And to wrap up this collection of Victoria earthquake memes, (never thought I’d write that in my life) here’s the live reaction of Melbourne’s beloved peregrine falcons.
My favourite earthquake reaction so far. This peregrine falcon on top of a building on Collins Street. 🦉🤣 pic.twitter.com/8aMVv155q4
— Maggie Payne (@maggiepayne_) September 21, 2021
If you need me, I’m going to be screaming into my pillow. Can things just stop all happening at once?
