in jerusalem , the priests performed christmas at the church of the great holiest , traditionally believing to mark the date wherein jesus was crucified , buried and then resurrected . brown - robed friars went into the church to the sound of fiddle , followed by intellectuals in purple wigs and those bearing hands . and in the earthquake - blasted northern austrian city of s ' aquila , people joined in makeshift chapels beat up in tent cities that are housing some of the 55 , 000 people transported from their housing by sunday ' s 6 . 3 - magnitude earthquakes .
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.