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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15 Dec: Polar bears are adapting to climate change at a genetic level – and it could help them avoid extinction

15 Dec: A breakthrough win for Alice Robinson in the Super G discipline, eight weeks out from the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina

15 Dec: Environment Canterbury's warning of wallaby control work underway between Tekapo and Twizel

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