MIAMI — Nearly one week after a powerful earthquake struck Colombia, South Floridians are coming together to support victims as search-and-rescue operations continue.

About 290 people have died, roughly 140 remain missing and nearly 4,000 others have been injured following the earthquake.

As communities in Colombia work to recover, aid from South Florida is making its way to some of the hardest-hit areas.

On Sunday night, a benefit concert at the Kaseya Center in downtown Miami brought together some of Latin America’s biggest music stars and a crowd hoping to support relief efforts in both Colombia and Venezuela, which is also recovering from devastating earthquakes.

Camilo Garcia, who is Cuban, said he wanted to attend and show his support.

“Loud, beautiful. People dancing. People screaming. Clapping. Everything was nice,” Garcia said of the concert.

He said the event demonstrated the importance of communities coming together following disasters.

“This is a great thing we’re doing for both countries,” Garcia said. “They needed this to get help from us, and we should help more people in the future like this.”

Relief supplies headed to Colombia

The support extended beyond the concert.

A plane loaded with medical supplies was preparing for its second relief flight from South Florida to Colombia.

Juan Rojas, president of Red Legacy Aviation, said the aircraft was headed to Pereira, near the center of some of the earthquake damage.

“This airplane is going to head down to Pereira, which is super close to the center of all the damage -- one of the cities that has suffered the most,” Rojas said.

Help Land Foundation is also among three organizations urgently collecting supplies for earthquake victims.

“We’re small but with big hearts,” founder Ender Urdaneta said. “For us, the important thing is making sure we’re helping those in need.”

The relief efforts come as rescuers in Colombia continue searching for survivors and those still unaccounted for nearly a week after the earthquake.

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