Coming from the state of Maine , Wood earned a bachelor 's and master 's degrees from Harvard University , then arrived in Berkeley in 1904 and began instructing in the University of California 's geology department , which was being led by Andrew Lawson . Wood began his transition into seismology following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake when damage investigations were conducted in the city under Lawson 's leadership . The state refused to allocate funds for their research for the California State Earthquake Investigation Commission and instead the commission was funded and published by the Carnegie Institution for Science ( a sponsor of scientific research ) in what would be known as the Lawson report , but no further seismological research was done under that alliance until much later
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Harry O. Wood