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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18 Sep: A large-scale search is underway for a 66-year-old Christchurch woman, missing since yesterday

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18 Sep: Canterbury police are appealing for information about a 66-year-old woman missing from the Whitewash Heads, Scarborough area

17 Sep: Firefighters are continuing to fight one large scrub fire in Canterbury, fuelled by strong winds and forestry slash

17 Sep: A person's died following a serious two-vehicle crash in Auckland's Ellerslie this afternoon

17 Sep: High winds are battering parts of the country

17 Sep: A person's been flown to Christchurch Hospital, in a moderate condition, after strong winds blew a small truck over onto an oncoming car, west of Ashburton, just after 1pm

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