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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23 Jan: Residents in weather ravaged areas are still being urged to avoid travelling if possible, with slips and flooding still plaguing the upper North Island

23 Jan: Taranaki Police have arrested a driver and impounded two vehicles following multiple complaints of dangerous driving earlier this week

23 Jan: A motorcyclist has died after colliding into the back of a traffic attenuator truck, moments after Police spotted them speeding on Auckland's Southern Motorway last night

23 Jan: Destruction and tragedy have come in the wake of slips caused by record rainfall in the upper North Island

23 Jan: Several people including children are still missing after the landslide at Mount Maunganui - where search teams have been working through the night

22 Jan: Two bodies have been found at a house on Papamoa's Welcome Bay Road - after a large landslide caused extensive damage early this morning

22 Jan: Bay of Plenty's State Highway 5 is blocked, near Waipunga - where a truck's rolled and spilled gravel over the road

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