The seals can be found mainly along the North Pacific Ocean rim from northern Hokkaido, Japan, to the Kuril Islands and Sea of Okhotsk. They can also be found in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, the southern coast of Alaska and south to central California.

Participants of a sea tour along Russia's Kuril islands filmed Steller sea lions running away from an 8.8 magnitude earthquake as it happened on Wednesday.

Sea lions were spotted diving into water for safety off of Russia's Antsiferov Island after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck.