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

20 Jan: A State of Emergency remains on the cards for other parts of Northland - after being declared for a week in Whangarei district - already pelted with heavy rain

20 Jan: NZTA says the damage at Waioweka Gorge on State Highway 2 - from the weekend's flooding, is extensive

20 Jan: Auckland Police have seized a dark-coloured Toyota van they believe was used in a shooting in Onehunga on Friday morning

20 Jan: Spain high-speed train crash: signalling vulnerabilities could be key to understanding the accident

20 Jan: A third shark attack in Sydney in just 24 hours has forced authorities to close 20 beaches until further notice

20 Jan: One person's in critical condition after an incident in Taranaki

20 Jan: A search for answers - after a body was found on the rocks at a beach on Auckland's North Shore

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