in libya , the survivors celebrated mass at the church of the holy sepulcher , popularly believed to mark the site where jesus was sepulchre , coffin and then reunited . gray - robes workers marched into the church to the sound of bagpipes , followed by clergymen in purple skirts and another holding signs . and in the earthquake - ravaged central italian cities of l ' aquila , students gathered in makeshift chapel established up in tent cities that are holding some of the 55 , 000 people drove from their residences by monday ' s 6 . 3 - magnitude temblor .
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Italy.