The U.S. Geological Service said it had a magnitude of 4.7, while the Italian geophysics institute measured it at 4.8.
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It left one key access bridge to Amatrice unusable, and damaged another one.
And, more than a thousand aftershocks have hindered rescue crews since the quake struck Wednesday.
Data from the civil protection department in Rome showed that around 388 injured people were being treated in hospitals, of which 40 were in a critical condition.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declared a state of emergency in the affected regions following an emergency Cabinet session late on Thursday, and released an initial tranche of 50 million euros ($56 million) in emergency aid to the affected areas.
Thirty-four caskets were lined up in a gym in Ascoli Piceno ahead of Saturday’s Mass.
At least 221 of the of the 281 victims of the quake confirmed so far died in Amatrice.
Later in the day, a funeral service for six other victims, including an 8-year-old boy and two girls aged 14 and 15, was held in their hometown of Pomezia, south of Rome.
The 20-member IsraAID team, which includes trauma specialists and search-and-rescue personnel, was the first foreign, non-governmental humanitarian group to help local counterparts with recovery efforts at the quake epicenter, Jewish Philanthropy reported.
Pasquale Cinotti added: “I was in Greece and was very anxious about my brother as I thought he was going to Amatrice for the festival and was concerned as I couldn’t get hold of him, but that would have been next week”. Nobody has been found alive in the ruins since Wednesday, and hopes have faded of finding any more survivors.
By Friday, most of the outlying communities were quiet and empty, buildings lying in crumpled mounds, the innards of private homes exposed to the skies and belongings scattered in the debris.
Dellabarba said most of the migrants who helped in the quake zone were from Burkina Fasso, Niger and Senegal and had arrived in Italy in boats run by human traffickers. They give us companionship, joy and even act as our rescuers.
As the names of the dead were read out, hundreds of people gathered outside the sports hall broke into prolonged applause in a sign of solidarity with the families. With several more people still unaccounted for, it is expected that the death toll could rise further. Most of the deaths occurred in the medieval hilltop town of Amatrice, which was destroyed in the quake and where 221 people died.
It seems insurmountable but residents do want to rebuild although some are left asking whether the town will exist in the future. That was the strategy used in L’Aquila in nearby Abruzzo, where the historic center was demolished in the 2009 quake and modern housing built miles away for residents.
Wearing bright orange overalls, the group from a temporary hostel about 50 km away blended in on Friday with other volunteer workers who have come from all over Italy. “Each community must remain where it is because what is needed is a sense of belonging”.
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The mountainous area is dotted with holiday homes and Amatrice was also filled with visitors before a food festival that had been scheduled for this weekend.
