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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16 Dec: Worksafe's taken early enforcement action against a Christchurch daycare, where five children and two staff suffered chemical burns

16 Dec: The two climbers overdue from Aoraki Mount Cook - appear to be in the same area as where last month's fatal accident happened

16 Dec: Residents of a South Taranaki village have been on standby overnight to evacuate, as a vegetation fire rages nearby

15 Dec: Police are canvassing a large area of Rotorua today after launching a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Friday evening

15 Dec: One person was killed and another seriously injured, after their vehicle was hit by an alleged fleeing driver south-east of Hamilton last night

15 Dec: Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week

15 Dec: Environment Canterbury's warning of wallaby control work underway between Tekapo and Twizel

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