Moves where? What do these words mean?
Talking, I think, about a shift of the axis compared with where it would have been without the quake. Earth isn’t all solid, it is also mush and liquid. When that uneven mass gets jiggled around, so does the angle of the axis of the planet’s spin in space.
In the article, the 3rd *’d point states: * Earth’s axis has reportedly shifted ten inches as a result of the quake, and Japan’s coast is said to have permanently shifted 2.4 metres.
You’ll have to ask the NGS where it moved to.
To the left but that's been going on for a while now....
It means the north and south poles aren't where they were a couple days ago. Picture a quarter spinning on a table with George Washington's image straight up and down. Imagine a force acting upon the quarter so suddenly that without stopping it's spin, George is suddenly tilted to one side or the other.