Paleoseismology is the geological detective work of reading past earthquakes from the physical evidence they leave behind. By excavating trenches across active faults, dating displaced sediment layers, and mapping ancient liquefaction features, paleoseismologists extend the seismic record thousands of years beyond instrumental measurements — revealing earthquake patterns that define the true hazard of a region.
These simulations let you excavate virtual fault trenches, estimate recurrence intervals from stratigraphic offsets, back-calculate paleomagnitudes from displacement data, identify liquefaction signatures in sediment cores, and compute long-term slip rates that drive seismic hazard models. Each tool uses the same quantitative methods employed by researchers in the field.