What would a depth perspective of these tectonic plate motions in the Pacific Rim, and the inflating and deflating magma in the Hale'mau'mau Crater on the island of Hawaii look like through the lens of "a young field called paleoseismology" ?

There is an interesting article on the prediction of the ongoing earthquakes off the coast of Japan by a paleoseismologist:

"The giant tsunami that assaulted northern Japan's coast surprised just about everyone. But Masanobu Shishikura was expecting it. The thought that came to mind, he says, was "yappari," a Japanese word meaning roughly, "Sure enough, it happened."