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 Dec: Auckland Police say a man absconded on foot last night - after being caught driving a moped at speed without headlights

17 Dec: Two climbers are still missing on Aoraki Mount Cook - with searches stretching into a third day

17 Dec: State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am

17 Dec: Firefighters are returning to battle a blaze today at South Taranaki's Waiinu Beach - after rain was welcomed yesterday

16 Dec: Flooding has partially closed State Highway 1 in Southland's Gore

16 Dec: The victims of Australia's worst mass shooting in more than three decades are starting to be discharged from hospital

16 Dec: One person's died in a water-related incident at Porirua's Titahi Bay on Sunday

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