We’ve rounded up the best Twitter reactions from last night’s earthquake in Birmingham

February has not been kind to the students of UoB. First our lecturers went on strike (RIP my dissertation), then Storm Eunice devastated the bins of Selly Oak, and now, if you can believe it, we’ve experienced an earthquake.

The earthquake hit at 22:59 on February 21st, and registered at a 2.8 on the Richter scale. Although the epicentre was in Walsall, some say they felt the tremors all the way in Selly.

So just in case you missed this extreme event, we’ve rounded up some of the best Twitter reactions to the quake.

1. Twitter is nothing if not dramatic

It's difficult to believe the Bullring was once a modern, bustling shopping mall before the Great Birmingham Earthquake of 2022. Thoughts and prayers to everyone whose crockery shelf rattled a bit. pic.twitter.com/hzmTteHHSI

— Paul Fulford (@PaulFulford) February 22, 2022

2. Some (let’s be honest – most) people missed the earthquake entirely

Keeping my solid 0/0 track record of waking up for Birmingham earthquakes

— Bite Your Brum (@BiteYourBrum) February 22, 2022

3. Can I claim extenuating circumstances now?

Absolutely heart-breaking, this terrible earthquake has caused so much damage…I was standing up being extremely productive and tragically, it has caused me so fall back into bed and has caused me so much fatigue that I need to go back to sleep. #earthquake #Birmingham pic.twitter.com/UMEqS9ymET

— Polly Starkie 🎙✍️ (@pollystarkie04) February 22, 2022

4. Things very quickly turned political

After a 2.8 magnitude earthquake is recorded near Birmingham, Rishi Sunak apologises for dropping his wallet at Frankley Services.

— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) February 22, 2022

5. Wheelie bins were targeted twice in 4 days

Birmingham will remember

#earthquake pic.twitter.com/zrQAxswDtR

— The M.I.T.H (@Mr_Carv3r) February 21, 2022

6. Brum received its usual (outlandish) slander

Out of all places Birmingham had an earthquake loooooooooool even God knows that city is a write off

— Bruce Wayne (@ksidsidhu) February 21, 2022

7. Climate change had some people shook

Me after finding out there was an earthquake in Birmingham today pic.twitter.com/nIH0uXDRT3

— Char (@charjoel) February 21, 2022

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8. Surely things can only go up from here, right?

https://twitter.com/tiannathewriter/status/1495916949787787270

9. British sarcasm is truly unparalleled

Omg the Bullring after the Big Birmingham #Earthquake! The devastation it caused! 😳 pic.twitter.com/sJPwbt7KqP

— ryan (@RyanS_UK) February 22, 2022

10. It wouldn’t be Birmingham without a Peaky Blinders reference

https://twitter.com/garyhayles85/status/1496009860365889536

11. Some people definitely thought it was a hoax

https://twitter.com/27Mattyy/status/1495916436686049286

12. The world’s most difficult ‘spot the difference’

https://twitter.com/ii4sorba/status/1495903812900503559

13. At least we have a new ‘2 truths and a lie’ fact

We’ve survived the Birmingham earthquake. Have you? pic.twitter.com/OBb5RA5CFa

— Epic Brum (@EpicBrumHQ) February 21, 2022

Stay safe Selly.

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