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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Other Accident and Emergency News

18 Nov: Multiple fire engines are battling a building fire in Northland's Port Whangarei this evening

18 Nov: Police confirm the deaths of three children and a man at a house fire in Manawatu's Sanson on Saturday, are being investigated as homicides - and they're seeking no one else

18 Nov: The search for a missing fisherman is being scaled back in Northland - after one body was found on Saturday

18 Nov: A hunter has died after falling down a cliff on farmland at Motupipi, in Golden Bay, at the top of the South Island

18 Nov: Post-mortems are being carried out, following the house fire in Sanson on Saturday

18 Nov: Three overnight fires in Dunedin are being treated as suspicious

17 Nov: Warnings from Worksafe after serious company failures led to a man dying when his crane touched powerlines

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