Chilean Earthquake shifts earth's axis; shortens day by few milliseconds.

I think heading is somewhat mistaken. Day is shorter by 1.26 MICRO-seconds. It's the axis that has moved by 2.7 milliARCseconds. See quote below.

“The length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 microseconds (millionths of a second),” Gross, said today in an e-mailed reply to questions. “The axis about which the Earth’s mass is balanced should have moved by 2.7 milliarcseconds (about 8 centimeters or 3 inches).”