BANGOR – Mainers who are back in the state after helping out with disaster relief after the Dec. 26 tsunami were shaken up Monday by news of the latest earthquake.

Daryl DeJoy, 46, of Penobscot, who recently returned from a three-week relief effort on the small island of Ko Phi Phi in southern Thailand, wondered how much more that part of the world could handle.

DeJoy, who owns Penobscot Solar Design, had hooked up with Help International, a volunteer group that already was working on the island.

“Where I was [Ko Phi Phi], I don’t think anything would have changed with this latest quake,” Dejoy said. “It looked like a bomb had hit [in December]. … I don’t know how much more damage could have been done [Monday].

“When I was there, some of the people had this thought that nothing would happen again, but others were prepared,” he said.

Steve Maines, 61, of Alton spent about a month in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in January and returned to Maine about three weeks ago. When Maines learned of Monday’s earthquake, he remembered what it was like to be there during aftershocks from the Dec. 26 tragedy.

“People just came out of their houses speechless. You could see the fear on their faces,” Maines said. He said the people in the region have endured much, but he was surprised at how well they have dealt with tragedy.

“It’s totally amazing how well they are handling all of this,” Maines said. “They are such incredibly happy people.”