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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18 Sep: The woman accused of murdering her three daughters has been remanded in a secure mental health unit at Hillmorton Hospital

18 Sep: Search teams in Marokopa on the Waikato coast have resumed their attempt to find Tom Phillips and his three children

18 Sep: A person has died, and another has moderate injuries following a single vehicle crash in Christchurch this morning

17 Sep: Timaru has seen two tragedies involving children in the past two months

17 Sep: Assurances a Covid-positive truck driver followed protocols...when stopping at a number of supermarkets

17 Sep: A particularly hard task for police - as they investigate the deaths of three young children killed at a Timaru property last night

17 Sep: Police searching for the missing Tom Phillips ad his three children want to know the whereabouts of two Honda motorcycles

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Law and Order:
The woman accused of murdering her three daughters has been remanded in a secure mental health unit at Hillmorton Hospital 12:35

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Sharon Osbourne underwent ketamine therapy following her "traumatic" exit from 'The Talk' 12:08

Law and Order:
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Search teams in Marokopa on the Waikato coast have resumed their attempt to find Tom Phillips and his three children 11:45

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