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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12 Dec: Surf lifesavers are urging Aucklanders to be safe in the water, following four rescues and two people losing their lives in one day

12 Dec: Two aircraft - including an Air New Zealand flight - came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision over Northland

12 Dec: Police are investigating an unexplained death in West Auckland's Ranui

11 Dec: Kapiti's Coastguard has been involved in two life-saving rescues in the space of 24 hours

11 Dec: The death of a man at Auckland's Muriwai Beach earlier this year has brought attention to a danger not immediately obvious to some beachgoers

11 Dec: Police are asking for the public's help, to find a missing woman and her three children aged one, 10 and 12

11 Dec: Hamilton Police have located a seven-year-old boy, reported missing from Deanwell last night

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International:
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Auckland:
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Entertainment:
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Law and Order:
Former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple is set to learn his punishment for his sex offending today 8:56

Entertainment:
Channing Tatum had a "man crush" on his late Magic Mike XXL co-star Stephen 'tWitch' Boss 8:50

Entertainment:
Sabrina Carpenter claims that her Man's Best Friend album cover was designed to demonstrate how she has been "emotionally yanked around" in relationships 8:20

Cricket:
South Africa have bounced back from being dismissed for their lowest T20 total in game one to take game two of their series against India in New Chandigarh 8:17

Politics:
Questions over where to now, as New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 target turns to ash 8:07

International:
TIME magazine names 'The Architects of AI' as 2025 Person of the Year, confirming leak to betting markets 7:57

Living & Travel:
Two aircraft - including an Air New Zealand flight - came within 41 seconds of a head-on collision over Northland 7:56

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