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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08 Jan: Our newsroom understands a three-year-old boy was found dead at an Auckland home on New Year's Day

08 Jan: A person is seriously injured after being trapped under a vehicle in central Auckland.

08 Jan: One person's seriously injured after a glue drum exploded at an industrial site near Motueka

08 Jan: Police are appealing for information, about a boat stolen from a commercial yard in Whangarei on Tuesday

08 Jan: Formal identification is still under way for a body recovered on southern Mount Huxley

07 Jan: Police are urging drivers to slow down, saying they've seen worrying speeds in the Manawatu region over the past couple of weeks

07 Jan: Otago rescue teams have located a body on the southern side of Mount Huxley

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