China has sent its first batch of humanitarian aid to quake-hit Ecuador to help with relief work.

Four planes carrying some U.S.$9.5 million worth of aid arrived in the capital, Quito, Wednesday.

It includes 5,400 tents, and nearly 10,000 folding beds. The relief supplies are expected to reach the ravaged city of Manta in western Ecuador Thursday. This aid is in addition to a U.S.$2 million donation delivered last week by the Chinese government.

The magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck Ecuador earlier this month has killed more than 650 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.

TIANJIN, April 27, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 26, 2016 shows the relief materials which will be transferred to the quake-hit Ecuador in north China's Tianjin. China will provide humanitarian aid worth 60 million yuan (9.2 million U.S dollars) to Ecuador after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake took place there on April 16, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Monday, following cash support of 2 million dollars announced last week. (Xinhua)