Slovenia has sent Croatia four containers, 12 bunk beds and 24 mattresses, and 200 sleeping bags, the Croatian Civil Protection Directorate said on Wednesday.

Humanitarian aid is also being sent from other EU member-states to Croatia, which was hit by a devastating quake on Tuesday.

Austria has sent 470 beds, Italy has provided 100 winter tents, Greece 40 tents and heaters as well as beds and sleeping bags, and Romania, Sweden and Czech Republic have also sent relief.

Croatia activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism after the earthquake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, hit the area of Petrinja, some 50 kilometres south of Zagreb, at 12.19 pm Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring a number of others and causing large-scale damage.