Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Messina yana da rashin sa'a na kasancewa a kan babban iyakar tectonic plate, tsakanin farantin Turai da farantin Afirka. A ranar 11 ga Janairu, 1693, wata babbar girgizar ƙasa ta afkawa gabashin Sicily daga Messina zuwa Syracuse; mutane ashirin da tara suka mutu, kuma lalacewar ta faɗaɗa zuwa Fadar Sarauta, Fadar Episcopal, Seminary, kuma akwai mummunar lalacewa ga Cocin S. Francesco. Hasumiyar ƙararrawa na babban coci da cocin SS. An hallaka Anunziata. A watan Fabrairu na shekara ta 1783, girgizar ƙasa mai tsanani ta afka wa Messina. Akalla mutane 617 ne suka mutu a birnin. An lalata ko lalata babban cocin, Fadar Episcopal, seminary, babban ɓangare na asibiti, yawancin palazzi a cikin Teatro Maritima, da kuma gidajen ibada da kuma gidajen ibada (ciki har da Certosa na S. Bruno da Convent na S. Dominico Soriano). A ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1908 wata babbar girgizar ƙasa ta auku a Messina
, lalata Cathedral, da seminary, da kuma wasu gine-gine masu yawa. An kiyasta cewa kashi 91% na gine-gine a Messina sun lalace. Girgizar ƙasar ta biyo bayan tsunami mai ɓarna. Mutane wajen 75,000 ne suka rasa rayukansu.