India, Feb. 17 -- Delhiites were jolted awake early on Monday by an earthquake. The 4.0 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Delhi-NCR early on Monday, the National Center for Seismology said. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries, but the tremors jolted meme-makers into early morning action. Within a couple of hours, social media platform X has been flooded with jokes about Delhi earthquakes and their frequency, even as many acknowledged that this particular quake felt stronger than past ones.

Many of the memes centred on the same idea: the difficulty of surviving in Delhi NCR with its polluted air, congested roads and frequent earthquakes.

The earthquake, with its epicentre in New Delhi, struck at a depth of five k...