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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30 Jan: Recovery operations appear to be back underway in Tauranga, although caution remains paramount

30 Jan: The Tauranga community's joined together in a show of support for whanau who've lost loved ones, a week after landslides in the area

29 Jan: A person has died in a crash on Nelson Road, east of Taupaki in Auckland's Rodney

29 Jan: New Zealand roads are about to re-enter a dangerous window as schools return for term one

29 Jan: Health New Zealand has confirmed another widespread technology outage - in upper North Island hospitals - was resolved overnight

29 Jan: Work's continuing to repair and reopen roads after recent severe weather

29 Jan: Police say their thoughts are with the family and friends, of two people recovered from a helicopter crash north of Wellington yesterday, at Paekakariki

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