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 Feb: Blustery winds and heavy rain are continuing to impact parts of the country - particularly the lower North Island

16 Feb: A teenager's death on the road highlights the risks associated with young and inexperienced drivers

16 Feb: Police say it could take some time to formally identify a body, washed up on Mahia's Mahanga Beach, near Wairoa

16 Feb: Large swathes of the country are waking up under MetService weather warnings

15 Feb: Residents due to be hit by heavy rain and severe gales are being warned to act now

15 Feb: Police are looking for two men who assaulted a Hamilton woman, while trying to enter her Fairfield home

15 Feb: A large structure fire, has closed a stretch of State Highway 2 in Wairoa

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