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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17 Feb: Three people ended up in Dunedin hospital on Saturday - in varying states of consciousness, hit in the head by thrown objects at a party on Castle Street

17 Feb: A person's died in hospital following critical injuries obtained in a two vehicle crash in West Auckland late last night

17 Feb: The next bout of heavy rain has started its rampage on the east of the South Island

17 Feb: Thousands of Wellingtonians could be without power until Wednesday

16 Feb: Weather warnings are set to fade away tonight

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The Missing number in the hundreds of thousands in Syria, where mass graves of torture victims are found weekly 22:07

Entertainment:
Leslie Grossman and Sascha Penn are married 21:57

Politics:
Labour's Jan Tinetti says today's employment law change is a backwards step 21:57

Entertainment:
Keke Palmer is "more intentional" with her work and time since becoming a mom 21:27

Living & Travel:
Second-placed Auckland FC look to close the gap on leaders Newcastle tonight in the A-League 21:17

Entertainment:
Harry Styles learnt "how to slow down" on his career break 20:57

Entertainment:
Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo's sex life is better now that he is not "so big" 20:27

Entertainment:
Tyler Perry broke his collarbone in a "terrible" bike fall 19:57

Entertainment:
James Van Der Beek's brother "didn't know it would hurt so badly" when he died 19:27

Politics:
The Greens say the Government's attacking workers with a major change to workplace law 18:57

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