Earthquake in Colombia: BOXR Gym hosts fundraising run in downtown Miami

On Aug 12, 2026

Published: August 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Updated: August 12, 2026 at 10:35 AM

Volunteers and rescue workers use buckets to remove debris of a collapsed building a day after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

MIAMI — BOXR Gym is hosting a run on Monday evening in downtown Miami to raise funds for the victims of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia.

Since Monday morning, search-and-rescue teams have been pulling out victims from the rubble in Quibdó, Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and other hard-hit areas.

As of Wednesday, there were at least 254 dead, including 95 in Cali and 79 in Pereira, according to officials.

Colombia Earthquake Patients from a clinic evacuated due to earthquake damage lie in beds at a temporary facility set up in a gymnasium at a nearby school in Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella, who took office on Friday after a ceremony in Cali, visited Quibdó on Monday and Pereira on Tuesday, when he estimated there were about 2,595 injured and more than 1,000 homes were destroyed.

BOXR Gym is also accepting donations. The event is at 6:30 p.m. at the gym at 1310 NE First Avenue, just north of Interstate 395. For more information, call 305-417-3607.

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Andrea Torres

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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