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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02 Dec: Four people remain in hospital including two children, after a crash on State Highway 1, north of Auckland at Wellsford

01 Dec: A crash and subsequent fire in southern Bay of Plenty is blocking State Highway 5

01 Dec: A Swiss man will spend Christmas in New Zealand - ahead of sentencing in January for careless driving causing death in Canterbury's Sheffield last month

01 Dec: One person has died following a crash in Bucklands Crossing, north of Dunedin, on Saturday night

01 Dec: A Coroner has ruled that a woman's death while hunting in Otago two years ago, was a 'terrible accident.'

30 Nov: Indonesia flood death toll climbs amid cyclone devastation

30 Nov: Police have identified the person associated with an unattended kayak found yesterday off the Kapiti Coast

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