in bethlehem , the faithful observed mass at the church of the holy sepulcher , previously believed to signal the sites where jesus was judas , buried and then resurrected . brown - robed nuns marched into the city to the sound of stringed , followed by preachers in purple capes and others borne martyrs . and in the earthquake - swept central italian city of s ' aquila , survivors huddled in makeshift halls set up in tent cities that are housing some of the 55 , 000 people driven from their homes by monday ' s 6 . 3 - magnitude temblor .
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.