 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Messina ine nhamo yokuva iri pamuganhu mukuru weplate tectonic, pakati peplate yeEurope neplate yeAfrica. Musi waJanuary 11, 1693, kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kwakaitika kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweSicilykubva kuMessina kuenda kuSyracuse; vanhu makumi maviri nevapfumbamwe vakafa, uye kuparadzwa kwakawedzera kuRoyal Palace, Episcopal Palace, Seminary, uye pakanga pane kukuvara kwakakomba kuChechi yeS. Francesco. Shongwe dzebhero dzekereke yechechi uye chechi yaSS. Anunziata akaparadzwa. Muna February 1783, Messina yakarohwa nokudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kunoparadza. Vanenge vanhu 617 vakafa muguta racho. Kereke yeKaturike, Episcopal Palace, seminari, chikamu chikuru chechipatara, mazhinji emapalazzi muTeatro Maritima, uye mamonari nemamongi kusanganisira Certosa yeS. Bruno uye Convent yeS. Dominico Soriano akakuvadzwa kana kuparadzwa. Pana December 28, 1908 kudengenyeka kukuru kwenyika kwakarova Messina, kuchiparadza Cathedral, seminari, uye zvimwe zvivako zvakawanda. Zvinofungidzirwa kuti 91 yezvivako muMessina zvakaparadzwa. Kudengenyeka kwacho kwakateverwa netsunami yakaparadza zvinhu zvakawanda. Vanhu vanenge 75 000 vakafa. 