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 Jan: NZTA says the damage at Waioweka Gorge on State Highway 2 - from the weekend's flooding, is extensive

20 Jan: Concerns over how the already soaked Northland will cope with more localised downpours

20 Jan: China ramps up crackdown on Christians amid global political pressures

19 Jan: Small Northland communities got the worst of the weekend's flooding, but more is to come

19 Jan: Biosecurity officials hunting Queensland fruit flies in Auckland - have found nothing after another weekend of precautions

19 Jan: Some people in Northland remain cut-off due to flooding - including a group at a DOC campsite in Puriri Bay, south-east of the Bay of Islands

19 Jan: Northlanders may have to wait until Wednesday until access to all roads is restored following flooding in its North Eastern area

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