Many people were seriously injured by collapsing walls.

Yesterday's magnitude 6.1 quake was centred 12 kilometres west of Sullana in the Piura region, 36 kilometres deep.

187 homes were damaged and six more are uninhabitable.

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26 Dec: The Coastguard's expecting a busy summer on the water, and urges people to prioritise key safety steps before heading out

26 Dec: A search continues for a person who went missing after a jet ski incident near Port Waikato on Christmas

26 Dec: More than 2100 people have reported being rattled by a magnitude 4.7 earthquake in the lower North Island, about quarter past 7

25 Dec: A car displaying a 'Happy Chanukah' sign has been firebombed in Melbourne early this Christmas Day

25 Dec: A person's been airlifted to Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, after a quad bike rolled over around 2.30pm at Northland's Pouto Point

25 Dec: A summer spruce-up for Auckland's Harbour Bridge has been cancelled - with heavy rain on the way later this week

25 Dec: A Coromandel holidaymaker is still in shock after a shark attacked his kayak 'completely out of the blue.'

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