昨日清晨日本大阪北部地区发生6.1级地震，地震已造成3人死亡，多人受伤，没有引发海啸，核电站并未发现异常。请看来自BBC的报道：

A strong earthquake in Osaka, Japan has killed at least three people, including a child, and injured more than 200. Airports in the area were closed for several hours, train lines interrupted and factories had to halt production.

The 6.1 magnitude quake did not trigger a tsunami warning and nuclear plants in the area are operating normally.

Japan lies in a particularly earthquake-prone region and accounts for around 20 percent of quakes worldwide of magnitude 6.0 or more.

报道中的earthquake-prone就是“地震多发的”，-prone表示“易于…的”，例如allergy-prone (易过敏的)，depression-prone (易抑郁的)，error-prone (易犯错的); 通常也说prone to something。例如：

Living with a partner prone to worrying can be the death of you, even if you always manage to look on the bright side of life.

和一个杞人忧天的伴侣生活会要了你的命，即使你总是设法乐观一点。