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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20 Dec: Vanuatu continues to rebuild one year after devastating earthquake

19 Dec: The Environmental Protection Authority says last year's 1080 operations were the largest on record

19 Dec: Further restrictions on the harvesting of spiny rock lobster in the upper North Island

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