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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28 Jan: Police have closed access to Battle Hill Forest Park - as searches for a downed helicopter continue north of Wellington

28 Jan: Otaki MP Tim Costley is urging people to give emergency services space, after a reported helicopter crash near Paekakariki Hill Road, north of Wellington

28 Jan: Police are asking for help in finding Christchurch man Roy Markland - with grave concerns for his welfare, after he was last seen yesterday leaving his Burnside address

28 Jan: A scene examination is continuing in Clutha, after the death of a vet

28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui

27 Jan: Thousands of people have reported feeling a magnitude 4.5 earthquake near the capital this afternoon

27 Jan: A person's moderately injured after a ute drove off State Highway 6 and crashed - on Lower Buller Gorge Road

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