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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17 Sep: High winds are battering parts of the country

17 Sep: MetService has updated its weather warnings for the South Island and issued extra wind watches for Marlborough and Christchurch

16 Sep: A band of severe weather is about to hit the country with a stream of warnings in place

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