Per [1], the epicenter of the Kaikoura earthquake was 59 miles from Christchurch. The New Yorker article reads, "But Monday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake, centere

Per [1], the epicenter of the Kaikoura earthquake was 59 miles from Christchurch. The New Yorker article reads, "But Monday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake, centered near Kaikoura, sixty miles north of Christchurch...". So perhaps an editing error (a misplaced modifier), rather than an outright blunder. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kaikoura_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kaikoura_earthquake