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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22 Dec: Wellington Water crews are responding to a wastewater overflow in Grenada Village which flows to the Porirua Stream

22 Dec: Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash on Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa in Tauranga, last week

22 Dec: Police are warning anyone heading into the bush in Whanganui's Ruatiti to stay alert - as they hunt for a man wanted for double homicide

22 Dec: A person's in hospital with serious injuries after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in Auckland's Mount Eden

22 Dec: One person's died after a car hit a power pole north of Timaru this morning.

22 Dec: A stubborn pattern of drownings is continuing at Auckland's black-spot beaches

22 Dec: Police are renewing calls for patience on the roads this holiday period, warning lives are at risk

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