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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Other Accident and Emergency News

09 Feb: Police are treating the discovery of a 64-year-old woman's body at a worksite on Taihape Road 0 in Omahu - near Hastings last week, as a homicide

09 Feb: The search continues for a Gisborne 17-year-old missing more than a week

09 Feb: One person's died after a single-vehicle in Manawatu last night

09 Feb: A Taupo high school is closed until at least tomorrow, after fire destroyed a block of classrooms, with two people charged

09 Feb: A warning to Canterbury boaties - to steer clear of the tourist boat that ran aground last weekend

09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control

09 Feb: A critical road which connects Gisborne and the Eastern Bay of Plenty re-opens this morning for essential travel

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