 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Messina ine nhamo yokuva iri pamuganhu mukuru weplate tectonic, pakati peplate yeEurope neplate yeAfrica. Musi wa 11 Ndira 1693, kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kwakarova mhenderekedzo yekumabvazuva kweSicily kubva kuMessina kuenda kuSyracuse; vanhu makumi maviri nevapfumbamwe vakafa, uye kuparadzwa kwakawedzera kuRoyal Palace, Episcopal Palace, Seminary, uye pakanga paine kukuvara kwakakomba kuChechi yeS. Francesco. Shongwe dzebhero dzekereke yechechi uye chechi yaSS. Anunziata akaparadzwa. Muna February 1783, kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kwakaparadza Messina. 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. 