Dear OQ users,
Could you please clarify whether there is any difference between using a multipoint source (where the posList and a_val are kept the same across points) and defining pointSources (where each pointGeometry is specified separately)?
<multiPointSource
id="pnts"
name="pnts"
>
<multiPointGeometry>
<gml:posList>
-2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -1.8 -2.0 -1.6 -2.0 -1.4 -2.0 -1.2 </gml:posList>
<upperSeismoDepth>
2.0
</upperSeismoDepth>
<lowerSeismoDepth>
20.0
</lowerSeismoDepth>
</multiPointGeometry>
<magScaleRel>
PointMSR
</magScaleRel>
<ruptAspectRatio>
1.0
</ruptAspectRatio>
<multiMFD
kind="truncGutenbergRichterMFD"
size="194"
>
<a_val> 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 </a_val>
<b_val>
1.0
</b_val>
<bin_width>
0.1
</bin_width>
<max_mag>
7.45
</max_mag>
<min_mag>
5.05
</min_mag>
</multiMFD>