in rome , the faithful celebrated prayer at the monastery of the weeping sepulcher , usually believed to mark the site whereby jesus was crucified , discovered and then reformed . brown - resplendent friars advanced into the church to the sound of fiddle , followed by laymen in purple capes and others bear crossed . and in the earthquake - swept central adriatic city of c ' lur , survivors clustered in makeshift chapels set up in small cities that are housing some of the 55 , 000 people turned from their homes by wednesday ' s 6 . 3 - magnitude temblor .
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.