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ELI5: What actually happens to electronics that causes them to completely fail forever during/after an EMP?

I have seen Electromagnetic pulses (EMP) on movies and in the media as these devices that send out some form of energy or something which fries all electronics completely in its vicinity to a point where they cannot be repaired. What does an EMP do to fry them, what changes in the circuits, and why can they never be repaired?
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It's like an electrical earthquake on the device.  A cell phone is made of tiny conducting pieces that are sensitive to changes in electric fields.  An EM pulse is basically a wave that makes electrons giggle and move really fast all over the place.  THis can cause pieces of the electronic machine to burn out when an outside electric field of huge power comes through and makes all the electrons move faster and in directions they were not designed to do.  It burns them.