Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chimwe chinhu chinoputika chakazivikanwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweDubrovnik, chichiwedzera kuzvitsuwa zveDalmatia sezvo Eurasian Plate inotsvedza pamusoro peAdriatic microplate. Uyezve, kukanganisa kunoparira mugumo wokumaodzanyemba wepeninsula yeApennine kutamira kumhenderekedzo yakatarisana neinenge gore rimwe nerimwe. Kana kufamba uku kukapfuurira, pasi pegungwa richapedzwa chose chose uye Gungwa reAdriatic richadziviswa mumakore ane mamiriyoni 50-70. MuAdriatic yokuchamhembe, mhenderekedzo yegungwa yeGulf yeTrieste uye kumadokero kweIstria iri kudzikira zvishoma nezvishoma, yapwa munenge mumakore zviuru zviviri apfuura. MuMiddle Adriatic Basin, pane uchapupu hwePermian volcanism munharaunda yeKomiža pachitsuwa cheVis uye zvitsuwa zvinoputika zveJabuka neBrusnik. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwave kuchicherechedzwa munharaunda yacho kubvira kare kare munhau. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakasimba kuchangobva kuitika munharaunda yacho kwaiva
Kudengenyeka kweMontenegro muna 1979, kwakayera 7.0 pachikero cheRichter. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika munhoroondo munharaunda iyi kunosanganisira kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muGargano peninsula muna 1627 uye kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muDubrovnik muna 1667, zvose zvichiteverwa netsunami dzakasimba. Mumakore 600 apfuura, tsunami gumi neshanu dzakaitika muGungwa reAdriatic.