Google Expands Android Earthquake Alerts System to More Than 200 Places
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Google is a technology company.
- A2
Google has news about its Android Earthquake Alerts System.
- B1
On 15 October 2026, Google expanded its Android Earthquake Alerts System from 98 countries and regions to more than 200.
- B2
On 15 October 2026, Google expanded its Android Earthquake Alerts System from 98 countries and regions to more than 200.
- C1
Receiving an early warning a few seconds before an earthquake strikes gives people time to find cover and protect themselves.
- C2
Receiving an early warning a few seconds before an earthquake strikes gives people time to find cover and protect themselves.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- expand
- to make something bigger or reach more places
- estimate
- to guess the size, amount, or strength of something using the facts you have
- moderate
- neither very big nor very small; in the middle
- radius
- the distance from the centre of a circle to its outside edge
- magnitude
- the size and strength of an earthquake
- ongoing
- continuing to happen right now
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Google. Read the original for the full report.